Pitocinn.
/pᵻˈtəʊsɪn/, U.S. /pəˈtoʊs(ə)n/ Pharmacology.
A proprietary name for: an aqueous solution of the hormone oxytocin; (also) the hormone itself.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > hormones and substances with same effect > [noun]
epinephrine1899
pituitrin1909
oxytocin1927
Pitocin1929
Pitressin1929
progestin1930
progesterone1935
methyltestosterone1936
pregnenolone1936
hexœstrol1939
stilboestrol1939
hydroxyprogesterone1941
progestogen1941
Premarin1942
hydroxycorticosterone1943
gestagen1948
hydrocortisone1951
cortisol1953
fluorohydrocortisone1954
isophane1954
prednisolone1955
prednisone1955
norethisterone1956
norethynodrel1957
dexamethasone1958
fludrocortisone1958
norethindrone1960
antidiuretic hormone1961
medroxyprogesterone1962
Pergonal1963
mesterolone1965
norgestrel1966
quinestrol1966
pancuronium1967
pentagastrin1967
levonorgestrel1977
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > obstetric drug > [noun] > specific
oxytocin1927
Pitocin1929
Syntocinon1955
1929 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 15 Jan. 514/1 Parke, Davis & Company, Detroit, Mich... Pitocin. For oxytocic principle of the pituitary gland... Claims use since about October 20, 1928.
1929 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 19 Jan. 237/2 The alpha and beta hormones [isolated from the posterior lobe of the pituitary body] are to be known commercially as pitocin and pitressin respectively.
1948 L. C. Martin & M. Hynes Clin. Endocrinol. i. 11 Two distinct hormones can be obtained from posterior pituitary extracts—pitressin, and oxytocin or pitocin, which acts on uterine muscle.
1993 N.Y. Times 24 Oct. viii. 11/2 I asked the doctor to give me pitocin, which is a drug that speeds the birth process along.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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