oxytocin

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “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.”