Etymology

thrombopoietin

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Today it means: A protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets Full definition →

Ancient Greek θρόμβος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromθρόμβος“lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”
  2. English todaythrombopoietin

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekθρόμβος all →

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