opacity(noun) the phenomenon of not permitting the passage of electromagnetic radiation. opacity, opaqueness(noun) incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning. opacity, opaqueness(noun) the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light.
â¢ OXYTOCIC DRUG (noun). The noun OXYTOCIC DRUG has 1 sense: 1. a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus. Familiarity information: OXYTOCIC DRUG used as a noun is very rare. OXYTOCIC DRUG (noun). The noun OXYTOCIC DRUG has 1 sense: 1. a drug that induces labor by stimulating contractions of the muscles of the uterus. Familiarity information: OXYTOCIC DRUG used as a noun is very rare.
Oxytocin in a nine amino acid peptide that is synthesized in hypothalamic neurons and transported down axons of the posterior pituitary for secretion into blood. Oxytocin is also secreted within the brain and from a few other tissues, including the ovaries and testes. Oxytocin differs from antidiuretic hormone in two of the nine amino acids. Both hormones are packaged into granules and secreted along with carrier proteins called neurophysins.