What part of speech is oxytocin?

Oxytocin can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. oxytocin is a noun, singular of oxytocins.

Inflections

Noun

What does oxytocin mean?

Definitions

Noun

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

Examples of oxytocin

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1. noun The OXT gene is responsible for the generation of a substance called oxytocin, often referred to as the “love hormone.”.
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noun
The OXT gene is responsible for the generation of a substance called oxytocin, often referred to as the “love hormone.”.

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