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thrombopoietins

thrombopoietins is the plural of thrombopoietin.

Meaning of thrombopoietin

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

Questions about thrombopoietins

What is thrombopoietins the plural of?
Thrombopoietins is the plural of thrombopoietin.

Words near thrombopoietins in the dictionary

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

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