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n. 1  1. A short polypeptide hormone, C43H66N12O12S2, released from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the contraction of smooth muscle of the uterus during labor and facilitates ejection of milk from the breast during nursing.
a hormone secreted by the posterior lobe of the PITUITARY GLAND,causing contraction of the uterine muscle. The hormone is important to parturition and, afterwards, for getting the uterus back to its normal size and shape.