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mesotocin

mesotocin noun: a neurohormone found in nonmammalian vertebrates with properties similar to oxytocin.

Noun

mesotocin (uncountable)

  1. A neurohormone found in nonmammalian vertebrates with properties similar to oxytocin.
    • In mammals, vasopressin and oxytocin play important roles in social behaviors, and reptiles have structurally similar hormones called vasotocin and mesotocin. […] Dr. Campos’s research indicates that vasotocin may alter chemical communication between green anole lizards, and other researchers found...2022 October 24, Hannah Thomasy, “They May Have Love on Their Lizard Brains”, in The New York Times

Questions about mesotocin

What does mesotocin mean?
Mesotocin means a neurohormone found in nonmammalian vertebrates with properties similar to oxytocin.
What part of speech is mesotocin?
Mesotocin is a noun.

Words near mesotocin in the dictionary

  1. mesothoriums
  2. mesotibia
  3. mesotibiae
  4. mesotibial
  5. mesotidal
  6. mesotocin
  7. mesotrione
  8. mesotrochal
  9. mesotrochanter
  10. mesotrochanters
  11. mesotrochantinal

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