oxytocin

See also: Oxytocin

English

Etymology

From oxytocic, from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “swift”) + τόκος (tókos, “childbirth”), from τίκτω (tíktō, “I give birth”).

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ɑksiˈtoʊsɪn/, /ˈɑksiˌtoʊsɪn/

Noun

oxytocin (countable and uncountable, plural oxytocins)

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

Related terms

Translations

hormone

Belarusian: аксітацын m (aksitacyn)
Bulgarian: окситоцин m (oksitocin)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 催產素, 催产素 (ceoi¹ caan² sou³)

Mandarin: 催產素, 催产素 (cuīchǎnsù)
Danish: oxytocin
Dutch: oxytocine (nl) f
Finnish: oksytosiini
French: ocytocine (fr)
German: Oxytocin (de)
Hebrew: אוקסיטוצין‎

Hungarian: oxitocin
Italian: ossitocina (it) f
Japanese: オキシトシン (okishitoshin)
Kazakh: окситоцин (oksïtocïn)
Korean: 옥시토신 (oksitosin)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oksytocin m
Russian: окситоцин (ru) m (oksitocin)
Swedish: oxytocin (sv) n
Turkish: oksitosin (tr)
Ukrainian: окситоцин m (oksytocyn)

References

oxytocin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

oxytonic

Swedish

Noun

oxytocin n

(biochemistry) oxytocin

Inflection

Declension of oxytocin
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	oxytocin	oxytocinet	oxytociner	oxytocinerna
Genitive	oxytocins	oxytocinets	oxytociners	oxytocinernas

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