What's the difference between retroverted and turned?
Retroverted
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Retrovert
(a.) In a state of retroversion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Compared with anteverted (N = 243) or axial (N = 149) locations, the retroverted uterus (N = 66) was associated with a lower mean sample weight per aspiration (22, 18, and 15 mg, respectively; P less than .01) and a greater frequency of multiple-pass procedures (23, 31, and 52%, respectively; P less than .0001).
(2) 8 findings specific to endometriosis and the scores were as follows: Dysmenorrhea (1), dyspareunia (3), retroverted uterus (3), cul-de-sac nodularities (3), atonic (1) and marginal irregularity (1) of uterus, and perifimbrial adhesion (2) in hysterosalpingography, and unexplained infertility (2).
(3) Vaginal manipulation was needed in 38 women for retroverted uterus.
(4) A review of the literature for retroverted impacted gravid uterus and related disorders is given.
(5) To date, a case of retroverted femora associated with acetabular dysplasia seems not to have been reported in the literature.
(6) It was found that increasing experience led to fewer procedural difficulties but that there persisted a higher problem rate in those women with a retroverted uterus.
(7) Approximately 11-19% of pregnancies begin in a retroverted uterus.
(8) Incarceration of the retroverted gravid uterus may have an adverse effect on pregnancy.
(9) The physicians suggested that vaginal ultrasound examination or use of a sector transducer rather than a linear ultrasound transducer are preferable in cases of retroverted uteri.
(10) During a period of 18 months with a history of chronic pelvic pain symptomatology (severe dysmenorrhea, severe dyspareunia, extramenstrual pain) retroverted or retroflexed uterus, and infertility were subjected to laparoscopy for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes as well.
(11) 2 had a retroverted uterus and all 3 were 8-9 weeks gestation, 25 years, and primagravida.
(12) All pregnant women with second trimester micturition problems should be examined for a possible retroverted uterus.
(13) However, patient follow-up over 6 months has not confirmed the usefulness of laparoscopic ventrosuspension in the management of deep dyspareunia or pelvic pain in association with a retroverted uterus.
(14) The dye remained primarily in the uterine cavity in only 68% (optimum ET position is knee chest for anteverted and supine for retroverted or axial uterus) and 48% (nonoptimum position is supine for anteverted uterus) at mock ET; in those groups, a 33% clinical pregnancy rate (PR) per retrieval resulted.
(15) If substantial reduction of orally administered TMAO occurs during the course of its postulated retroverted metabolism, it was hypothesized that this would be revealed by the extensive urinary excretion of unoxidized TMA by the four affected subjects.
(16) Vaginal sonography was superior to abdominal sonography in gestations less than or equal to 10 weeks, in obese patients, and in patients with retroverted uteri.
(17) A large international multi-center IUD data set (N = 5520) coordinated by Family Health International was analysed to determine if the uterine position of a woman (anteverted, mid-positioned or retroverted) affects the ease of IUD insertion and if knowledge of uterine position would diminish insertion-related problems and improve IUD performance.
(18) Fundal or cornual and anterior wall perforations were most common; in 59.4% of these cases, the uterus was retroverted.
(19) Although the causes of chronic unrecognized pelvic pain are multifactorial, most investigators observe circulatory disturbance as being a main etiological factor, in particular if the patient has a retroverted uterus.
(20) Cases with a retroverted uterus had a higher incidence of perforation (59.4%) than those with an anteverted uterus (32.4%).
Turned
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Turn
Example Sentences:
(1) In January 2011, the Nobel peace prize laureate was admitted to a Johannesburg hospital for what officials initially described as tests but what turned out to be an acute respiratory infection .
(2) These are typically runaway processes in which global temperature rises lead to further releases of CO², which in turn brings about more global warming.
(3) Not only do they give employers no reason to turn them into proper jobs, but mini-jobs offer workers little incentive to work more because then they would have to pay tax.
(4) However, as the plan unravels, Professor Marcus's team turn on one another, with painfully (if painfully funny) results.
(5) Given Australia’s number one position as the worst carbon emitter per capita among major western nations it seems hardly surprising that islanders from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other small island developing states have been turning to Australia with growing exasperation demanding the country demonstrate an appropriate response and responsibility.
(6) Since the first is balked by the obstacle of deficit reduction, emphasis has turned to the second.
(7) He said: "Monetary policy affects the exchange rate – which in turn can offset or reinforce our exposure to rising import prices.
(8) A second Scottish referendum has turned from a highly probable event into an almost inevitable one.
(9) When reformist industrialist Robert Owen set about creating a new community among the workers in his New Lanark cotton-spinning mills at the turn of the nineteenth century, it was called socialism, not corporate social responsibility.
(10) "Especially at a time when they are turning down voluntary requests and securing the positions of senior managers."
(11) Each L subunit contains 127 residues arranged into 10 beta-strands connected by turns.
(12) Local minima of hand speed evident within segments of continuous motion were associated with turn toward the target.
(13) In just a week her life has been turned upside down.
(14) When asked why the streets of London were not heaving with demonstrators protesting against Russia turning Aleppo into the Guernica of our times, Stop the War replied that it had no wish to add to the “jingoism” politicians were whipping up against plucky little Russia .
(15) Berlin said it was not too late to turn back from the abyss, without proposing any decisions or action.
(16) The C-terminal sequence contains an amphiphilic alpha-helix of four turns which lies on the surface of the beta-barrel.
(17) Two years later, Trump tweeted that “Obama’s motto” was: “If I don’t go on taxpayer funded vacations & constantly fundraise then the terrorists win.” The joke, it turns out, is on Trump.
(18) A new bill, to be published this week with the aim of turning it into law by next month, will allow the government to use Britain's low borrowing rates to guarantee the £40bn in infrastructure projects and £10bn for underwriting housing projects.
(19) He campaigned for a no vote and won handsomely, backed by more than 61%, before performing a striking U-turn on Thursday night, re-tabling the same austerity terms he had campaigned to defeat and which the voters rejected.
(20) Seconds later the camera turns away as what sounds like at least 15 gunshots are fired amid bystanders’ screams.