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Oxytocin Moderate

Oxytocin has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk

2

A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hormone
Rhyming Words
cin nucin orcin mucin ricin micin racin mycin glycin laccin dancin hircin zincin dracin marcin aescin avicin fuscin viscin acacin
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