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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun oxytocin has 1 sense
- oxytocin(n = noun.body) pitocin - hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk; is a kind of endocrine, hormone, internal secretion
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oxytocin, n.
1 a hormone released by the pituitary gland that causes increased contraction of the womb during labour and stimulates the ejection of milk into the ducts of the breasts.
2 a synthetic form of this used to induce labour etc.
1 a hormone released by the pituitary gland that causes increased contraction of the womb during labour and stimulates the ejection of milk into the ducts of the breasts.
2 a synthetic form of this used to induce labour etc.
Etymology
oxytocic accelerating parturition f. Gk oxutokia sudden delivery (as OXY-(1), tokos childbirth)