Associations to the word «Oxytocin»

Wiktionary

OXYTOCIN, noun. (hormone) A hormone that stimulates contractions during labour/labor, and then the production of milk.

Dictionary definition

OXYTOCIN, noun. Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats