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oxytocin Definition

oxy·to·cin (äk′si tōsin, -täsin)

noun

a hormone, CHNOS, of the posterior pituitary gland, that stimulates contractions in the smooth muscle of the uterus and facilitates the secretion of milk

Etymology: < oxytocic + -in

oxytocin Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • call: The hormone your body makes during labor is called oxytocin.
  • release: Oxytocin, for instance, is essential for parturition and lactation, and oxytocin released into the brain is important in reproductive behaviors.
  • use: It is better to use oxytocin in the awake patient having a regional or local anesthetic.
  • receive: For women receiving oxytocin, the odds were 0.3 - ie about 23 % .
  • have: The highest risk was for women who had had prostaglandin gel ( 4.5 % ), tho most of them had also had oxytocin.
  • produce: The paraventricular nuclei produce mostly oxytocin and the supraoptic mostly vasopressin although both hormones may also be produced by the other type of nuclei.

Adjective modifier

  • synthetic: Induction of Labor with Syntocin ( synthetic Oxytocin ).

Modifies a noun

  • augmentation: This study did however find that oxytocin augmentation significantly reduces the overall length of labor.
  • receptor: In the human it seems that changes in the levels of the oxytocin receptor, rather than in oxytocin itself are important for labor.
  • infusion: Women randomized to active management commenced an oxytocin infusion within 20minutes of randomisation.
  • drip: Vaginal Prostin pessaries are used and this may be followed by breaking the waters, occasionally followed by an oxytocin drip.
  • level: Another difference emerged when the children played with their mother - oxytocin levels rose in the control children but not in the orphans.
  • induction: It compared the rates of uterine rupture associated with spontaneous labor, oxytocin induction or acceleration, and prostaglandin E2 gel induction.

Noun used with modifier

  • hormone: You will also receive the hormone oxytocin to help stimulate uterine contractions.