oxytocin

名词 n.
中文释义
美 /ɑksiˈtoʊsɪn/|/ˈɑksiˌtoʊsɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding. countable,uncountable
    — Some women describe episodes of intense pleasure akin to orgasm during nursing. It would be interesting to know whether the release of oxytocin during suckling plays a role in this subjective feeling, as it may do in actual orgasm.

词形变化

oxytocins plural

词源

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