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oxytocin
A hormone that increases during pregnancy and acts on the breast to help produce the milk-ejection reflex. Oxytocin also causes uterine contractions.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Health care
- Category: Women’s health
- Government Agency: Womenshealth.gov
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