Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a group of potent hormonelike substances that are produced in various mammalian tissues, are derived from arachidonic acid, and mediate a wide range of physiological functions, such as control of blood pressure, contraction of smooth muscle, and modulation of inflammation.
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- noun biochemistry Any of a group of
naturally occurring lipids derived from the C20 acidprostanoic acid ; they have a number ofphysiological functions and may be considered to behormones .
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- noun a potent substance that acts like a hormone and is found in many bodily tissues (and especially in semen); produced in response to trauma and may affect blood pressure and metabolism and smooth muscle activity
Etymologies
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Examples
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Also, semen has a substance in it called prostaglandin, which is the same thing your body makes to soften your cervix.
The Simple Guide to Having a Baby Janet Whalley 2005
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Also, semen has a substance in it called prostaglandin, which is the same thing your body makes to soften your cervix.
The Simple Guide to Having a Baby Janet Whalley 2005
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Also, semen has a substance in it called prostaglandin, which is the same thing your body makes to soften your cervix.
The Simple Guide to Having a Baby Janet Whalley 2005
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Sune Bergström is responsible for a crucial breakthrough in prostaglandin research.
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The great breakthrough in prostaglandin research came in the late 1950s when Sune Bergström purified the first prostaglandins and determined their structure.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982 - Presentation Speech 1982
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One of them is called prostaglandin, and that basically allows your arteries, which, you know, remeasure for that blood pressure, to not be as flexible.
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In addition, endometrial lesions emit high levels of a hormonelike substance known as prostaglandin, which can cause dramatic contractions within the uterus or fallopian tubes.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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To help cleanse your system of this now needless tissue, your body begins to produce a substance called prostaglandin, which, in turn, stimulates powerful uterine contractions.
Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000
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Older glaucoma drugs like latanoprost and travoprost -- called prostaglandin analogs because they bind to prostaglandins or lipids -- also stimulated lash growth but not as much.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed AlterNet Martha Rosenberg 2010
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The drug is a synthetic prostaglandin, which is a hormone-like messenger found in both sexes that acts on stomachs, kidneys, blood vessels and the uterus.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Carolyn Abraham 2010
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