Skip to content
APG.American
Pronunciation Guide
HOW TO PRONOUNCE

oxytocin

/ɑksiˈtoʊsɪn/

Press play to hear how to pronounce oxytocin.

American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
Watch on YouTube ↗

What does oxytocin mean?

noun

  1. A hormone that stimulates contractions during labor, and then the production of milk; also plays a role in social bonding.
Wiktionary contributors

Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0

IPA pronunciation

/ɑksiˈtoʊsɪn/

Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɑksiˌtoʊsɪn/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗

Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.

In the pages of books

No suitable book passage is available for this word yet.