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oxytocin
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)
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