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thrombopoietin

thrombopoietin noun: a protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets.

Noun

thrombopoietin (countable and uncountable, plural thrombopoietins)

  1. A protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets
    • The megakaryocyte growth and differentiation factor, C-mpl, is the receptor for thrombopoietin and is encoded by the Mpl gene.2009 February 6, Brendan J. McMorran et al., “Platelets Kill Intraerythrocytic Malarial Parasites and Mediate Survival to Infection”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 797–800

Forms of thrombopoietin

pluralthrombopoietins

Origin of thrombopoietin

From Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”) and ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker”) and -in.

Questions about thrombopoietin

What does thrombopoietin mean?
Thrombopoietin means a protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets.
What part of speech is thrombopoietin?
Thrombopoietin is a noun.
What is the plural of thrombopoietin?
The plural of thrombopoietin is thrombopoietins.

Words near thrombopoietin in the dictionary

  1. thromboplastins
  2. thrombopoesis
  3. thrombopoieses
  4. thrombopoiesis
  5. thrombopoietic
  6. thrombopoietin
  7. thrombopoietins
  8. thromboprophylactic
  9. thromboprophylactics
  10. thromboprophylaxes
  11. thromboprophylaxis

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