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Pituitrin

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Pituitrin (pitoo´trin),
n.pr brand name for an extract of the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
pituitrin
an extract of bovine pituitary gland containing oxytocin and vasopressin, now displaced by preparations containing only one of the hormones.
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