oxytocin

See also: Oxytocin

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑksiˈtoʊsɪn/, /ˈɑksiˌtoʊsɪn/

Noun

oxytocin (countable and uncountable, plural oxytocins)

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

Related terms

• isotocin
• mesotocin
• oxytocic

Translations

hormone

• Belarusian: аксітацын m (aksitacyn)
• Bulgarian: окситоцин m (oksitocin)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 催產素／催产素 (ceoi¹ caan² sou³), 催产素 (ceoi¹ caan² sou³)

  Mandarin: 催產素／催产素 (cuīchǎnsù), 催产素 (cuīchǎnsù)

• Danish: oxytocin
• Dutch: oxytocine (nl) f
• Finnish: oksytosiini
• French: ocytocine (fr)
• German: Oxytocin (de)
• Hebrew: אוקסיטוצין
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• Hungarian: oxitocin
• Italian: ossitocina (it) f
• Japanese: オキシトシン (okishitoshin)
• Kazakh: окситоцин (oksitosin)
• 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

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Swedish

Noun

oxytocin n

1. (biochemistry) oxytocin

Inflection

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