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vasotocins

vasotocins is the plural of vasotocin.

Meaning of vasotocin

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

Questions about vasotocins

What is vasotocins the plural of?
Vasotocins is the plural of vasotocin.

Words near vasotocins in the dictionary

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

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