OXYTOCIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oxytocin mean? 

• OXYTOCIN (noun)
  The noun OXYTOCIN has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OXYTOCIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OXYTOCIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

oxytocin; Pitocin

Hypernyms ("oxytocin" is a kind of...):

endocrine; hormone; internal secretion (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)

 Context examples 

Oxytocin is a hormone that plays a role in social behavior, but can also help regulate stress and anxiety.

(Anxiety molecules affect male and female mice differently, NIH)

A measurement of the oxytocin hormone in a biological specimen.

(Oxytocin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The scientists next searched for associations between test performance and variations in the vasopressin receptor (AVPR1a) and oxytocin receptor (OXTR) genes.

(Oxytocin affects facial recognition, NIH)

The determination of the amount of oxytocin hormone present in a sample.

(Oxytocin Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of the synthetic agents that inhibit or antagonize the biosynthesis or biologic effects of oxytocin by either antagonizing the responsiveness of oxytocin sensitive tissues or competing with its binding sites.

(Oxytocin Antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)

The neural or post-neural lobe of the pituitary gland which stores and releases vasopressin, oxytocin, and neurophysins.

(Murine Posterior Pituitary Gland, NCI Thesaurus)

Its levels increase in response to a variety of signals (acetylcholine, insulin, oxytocin) and activates specific protein kinases.

(Cyclic GMP, NCI Thesaurus)

At basal Ca++ levels PLC d1 has been shown to be activated by the adrenoreceptor a1B, adrenoreceptor a1D, a-thromboxane receptor and oxytocin receptor.

(Phospholipid Associated Cell Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Oxytocin (125 aa, ~13kDa) is encoded by the human OXT gene.

(Oxytocin, NCI Thesaurus)

It produces and secretes hormones such as oxytocin and vasopressin, to regulate the activities of the hypothalamus.

(Pituitary gland, NCI Thesaurus)