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oxytocins

oxytocins is the plural of oxytocin.

Meaning of oxytocin

Noun

oxytocin (countable and uncountable, plural oxytocins)

  1. A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.
    • Some women describe episodes of intense pleasure akin to orgasm during nursing. It would be interesting to know whether the release of oxytocin during suckling plays a role in this subjective feeling, as it may do in actual orgasm.1994, Simon LeVay, The Sexual Brain, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 67

Questions about oxytocins

What is oxytocins the plural of?
Oxytocins is the plural of oxytocin.

Words near oxytocins in the dictionary

  1. oxytocia
  2. oxytocic
  3. oxytocics
  4. oxytocin
  5. oxytocinergic
  6. oxytocins
  7. oxytoluene
  8. oxytoluenes
  9. oxytona
  10. oxytone
  11. oxytonergic

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