Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oxytocin

1 sense of oxytocin

Sense 1
oxytocin, Pitocin -- (hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk)
       => hormone, endocrine, internal secretion -- (the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect)