(a.) Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition.
(n.) An oxytocic medicine or agent.
Example Sentences:
(1) Classical treatment combining artificial delivery or uterine manual evacuation-oxytocics led to the arrest of bleeding in 73 cases.
(2) They are also potent antagonists of the in vitro oxytocic responses to oxytocin, both in the absence and in the presence of Mg2+.
(3) A review of the literature was conducted to survey obstetric practice with regard to amniotomy, intravenous fluids, third stage administration of oxytocics, episiotomy and continuous fetal monitoring.
(4) It can be useful, in fact, during the three periods of a pregnancy: before delivery: it can effect all the functional and psychiatric problems a pregnant woman may develop; during delivery: there is a definite analgesic and oxytocic effect; after delivery: it can be beneficial in all difficulties with breast feeding.
(5) Should these peptides exhibit enhanced oxytocic selectivity in humans, they might offer a greater margin of safety than oxytocin in those clinical stiuations in which the latter is currently employed.
(6) The retro-analogs of deaminotocinamide, tested at concentrations up to 10)-5)M, were found to be without activity as agonists or antagonists in the oxytocic assay.
(7) Bioassay of the pressor and oxytocic activities of the protein-hormone complexes shows that neurophysin-C binds one molecule of either vasopressin or oxytocin.
(8) As part of a program in which we are attempting the design and synthesis of an antagonist of the antidiuretic response to arginine-vasopressin (AVP) [1-(beta-mercapto-beta,beta-cyclopentamethylenepropionic acid),4-valine,8-D-arginine]vasopressin [d(CH2)5VDAVP] was synthesized and assayed for antidiuretic, vasopressor, and oxytocic activities.
(9) While rupture of the uterus by oxytocic agents in the second trimester has previously been documented, this case is unusual in that fetal parts were palpable through the cervical os, delaying diagnosis and definitive management.
(10) It was found that oxytocic activity of this material was completely destroyed by thioglycollate buy not by trypsin, when tested on the contractility of the isolated hen's uterus.
(11) On the 5th day after ovariectomy or implantation of stilboestrol the oxytocic activity was found to be significantly increased in the plasma and posterior pituitary lobe, and after progesterone implantation it was decreased in the posterior pituitary lobe.
(12) The recent availability of kinin receptor antagonists led us to study whether they might affect the oxytocic activity of kallikrein.
(13) Whether this class of hormones has pressor or oxytocic activity is determined by the orientation of the Tyr2 side chain, that is, whether it is extended away from or over the ring system, respectively.
(14) To characterize the receptors mediating these responses, the effects of AVP, oxytocin, and synthetic neurohypophyseal analogues with specific antidiuretic, vasoconstrictor, or oxytocic activities were studied in conscious dogs.
(15) They had lower frequencies of ultrasound examination, induced labour, epidural analgesia, episiotomy, forceps delivery and caesarean section, and a low frequency of use of oxytocics for the third stage.
(16) In total 90% of the women received drugs, excluding laxatives, oxytocics and long-term medication, vitamins and iron.
(17) Storage in solution at pH 9.5 generated oxytocic activity in an initially basic preparation of ovine growth hormone.
(18) However, pancreatic protease extract produced a significant loss of the anti-oxytocic action on the isolated rat uterus preparation.
(19) Both oxytocic immunoreaction in our own specific radioimmunoassay and bioaction on rat uterine contraction were observed in the larger (MW greater than or equal to 5,000) and the smaller molecular part (MW not equal to 1,000) in partially purified placental extracts by gel-filtration using Sephadex G-25.
(20) The analog was found to be a potent inhibitor of the oxytocic and avian vasodepressor effects of oxytocin (pA2 values of 7.43 and 8.30, respectively) but was only a weak inhibitor of the rat pressor effect of 8-lysine-vasopressin.
Uterine
Definition:
(a.) Born of the same mother, but by a different father.
(a.) Of or instrument to the uterus, or womb.
Example Sentences:
(1) All the women had vaginal ultrasound velocimetry studies in both mainstem uterine arteries through the parametrium before the surgical procedure and again after the procedure.
(2) Classical treatment combining artificial delivery or uterine manual evacuation-oxytocics led to the arrest of bleeding in 73 cases.
(3) Estimates of potential for gastrointestinal side effects using the rat enteropooling assay and in vivo monkey effects indicate that diarrhea will be substantially reduced with retention of uterine stimulating potency.
(4) Implantation of the mouse embryo involves the invasion of the secondary trophoblast giant cells of the ectoplacental cone (EPC) into the uterine decidua.
(5) Scintigraphic pictures of the uterine cavity and oviducts were obtained with a Jumbo Toshiba gamma-camera; they were subsequently analysed by an Informatek SIMIS-3 data processing system.
(6) After calving, probably the position of new follicles is temporally influenced by direct signals from the uterine horns affected differently by pregnancy.
(7) Controversy over the chemotherapy of uterine cancers still exists.
(8) Widely varying numbers of endocrine cells were identified in 12 out of 64 cases of uterine cancer in the course of histochemical and electron microscopic examination.
(9) Three types of plasminogen activator could be distinguished in extracts from human uterine tissue.
(10) The flow cytometric measured DNA content (i.e., DNA index), S-fractions, and histopathologic malignancy grades were studied for ninety uterine cervical squamous cell carcinomas using tissue biopsies taken prior to radiotherapy.
(11) The interaction of heparin (HP) with the cell-surface components of a human uterine epithelial carcinoma cell line (RL95) was studied.
(12) Ultrastructural study of the uterine lesion demonstrated smooth muscle cells with only a few "autophagic" facuoles to cells nearly replaced by lysosomes.
(13) In 20 patients (18.2%), visualization revealed uterine abnormalities, mainly newly added endometrial lesions, i.e., hyperplasia, polyps, endometritis, and synechiae.
(14) Uterine inversion is exceptional and spectacular, although treatment is simple if diagnosed early.
(15) The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of uterine contractions during labor on both the uterine and the umbilical circulations.
(16) No comparable differences in development were found in cultured embryos for which the media had been supplemented with flushings from the same progestational uterine stages as used for transfer.
(17) The normal tissues included the ovary, fallopian tube, uterine endometrium, uterine cervix, and vagina.
(18) Evaluation of the roles of prolactin and placental lactogen in pregnancy in primates has revealed mammotropic, fetal osmoregulatory, metabolic, and steroidogenic roles, which appear to protect the uterine contents during late pregnancy and prepare the fetus for the changes in nutrition at the time of delivery.
(19) Uterine lavage affords the potential for non-invasive human blastocyst recovery, with obvious potential for preimplantation genetic diagnosis.
(20) Comparison with other neoplasms of the uterine cervix indicates that the lesion should be classified separately.