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vasotocin

vasotocin noun: an oligopeptide found in nonmammalian vertebrates with properties similar to oxytocin and vasopressin.

Noun

vasotocin (plural vasotocins)

  1. An oligopeptide found in nonmammalian vertebrates with properties similar to oxytocin and vasopressin.
    • 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

Forms of vasotocin

pluralvasotocins

Words formed from vasotocin

Questions about vasotocin

What does vasotocin mean?
Vasotocin means an oligopeptide found in nonmammalian vertebrates with properties similar to oxytocin and vasopressin.
What part of speech is vasotocin?
Vasotocin is a noun.
What is the plural of vasotocin?
The plural of vasotocin is vasotocins.

Words near vasotocin in the dictionary

  1. vasostimulants
  2. vasostimulation
  3. vasostimulatory
  4. vasostomies
  5. vasostomy
  6. vasotocin
  7. vasotocinergic
  8. vasotocins
  9. vasotomies
  10. vasotomy
  11. vasotonic

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