Adhesions

PID usually causes blocked fallopian tubes or scarring, called adhesions, surrounding the ovaries or fallopian tubes. ❋ Mark L. Fuerst (2010)

He had adhesions, which is in his intestines, which eventually is what he succumbed to a couple of years ago. ❋ Unknown (2007)

This pain can becaused by tears and scarring (known as adhesions) in the ligaments that support the uterus (caused by obstetrical mismanagement during childbirth, a botched abortion, pelvic surgery, or violent intercourse); infections of the cervix, uterus, and tubes (such as pelvic inflammatory disease—the end result of untreated sexually transmitted infection in many women); endometriosis; cysts or tumors on the ovaries; or a vagina that may have shortened with age. ❋ The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (2005)

This may then terminate in new formations, such as adhesions, fibrous thickenings and bony enlargements. ❋ R. A. Craig (N/A)

Permanent defects in the skull are chiefly injurious if they are accompanied by lesions of the underlying dura, such as adhesions to the brain; large gaps may cause giddiness on stooping, or on forcible expiration, as in blowing the nose or playing a wind instrument. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

He said it was a streptococcal infection Strep B that had created adhesions and that I could forget about having children. ❋ Judith Acosta (2011)

I find the more difficult women to counsel are those having a hysterectomy for endometriosis with ovarian involvement, or for pelvic abscess or adhesions trapping a normal ovary and causing severe pain. ❋ Aka TBTAM (2009)

In quick succession, he snipped the adhesions from the colon, manually aspirated the bladder, while providing a running commentary into the microphone for the group watching above in the theater. ❋ Carol Edgarian (2011)

Other less-common -clast words include mythoclast (someone who destroys myths), genuclast (a medical instrument for breaking knee-joint adhesions) and bioclast (a piece of shell or a fossil in a sedimentary rock). ❋ Erin McKean (2012)

Charlie moved the scope, checking for adhesions, and finding none, moved on. ❋ Carol Edgarian (2011)

Training too hard or repeating the same routine without variation can lead to fascial adhesions or injury. ❋ Ph.D. Eva Norlyk Smith (2012)

I did, and sure enough, with a lot of pulling and tearing at adhesions in my spine, I slowly pulled out this wishbone about three feet long. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I sensed a knot involving more than the cancerous growth, including scar tissue from previous surgeries, adhesions, and blockages. ❋ Dr. (2010)

Radiation can cause pelvic adhesions and damage the chromosomes in your eggs. ❋ Mark L. Fuerst (2010)

The findings included labial adhesions and hymenal scarring of the sort present in a very small percentage of non-sexually abused children…. ❋ Unknown (2010)