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thrombocytopoietin

thrombocytopoietin noun: a hormone that stimulates platelet production by stimulating megakaryocytes.

Noun

thrombocytopoietin (countable and uncountable, plural thrombocytopoietins)

  1. A hormone that stimulates platelet production by stimulating megakaryocytes.

Forms of thrombocytopoietin

pluralthrombocytopoietins

Questions about thrombocytopoietin

What does thrombocytopoietin mean?
Thrombocytopoietin means a hormone that stimulates platelet production by stimulating megakaryocytes.
What part of speech is thrombocytopoietin?
Thrombocytopoietin is a noun.
What is the plural of thrombocytopoietin?
The plural of thrombocytopoietin is thrombocytopoietins.

Words near thrombocytopoietin in the dictionary

  1. thrombocytopenic
  2. thrombocytopheresis
  3. thrombocytophilia
  4. thrombocytopoiesis
  5. thrombocytopoietic
  6. thrombocytopoietin
  7. thrombocytoses
  8. thrombocytosis
  9. thrombocytotoxic
  10. thrombocytotoxicity
  11. thrombocytotropic

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