Meanings
plural erythropoietins
- biochemistryA glycoprotein hormone that functions as a cytokine for erythrocyte precursors in bone marrow.
Exogenous administration of erythropoietin can, theoretically, improve endurance exercise performance in the same way as conventional blood doping procedures.
1994, Herbert A. DeVries, Terry J. Housh, Physiology of Exercise for Physical Education, Athletics, and Exercise Science, WCB Brown & Benchmark, →ISBN, page 589
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA glycoprotein hormone that functions as a cytokine for erythrocyte precursors in bone marrow.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἐρυθρός“red”
- Englisherythropoietin
From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) and ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker”) and -in.
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Catalan eritropoetina
- eritropoetinaa hormone
Dutch erytropoëtine
- erytropoëtinea hormone
Finnish erytropoietiini
- erytropoietiinia hormone
French érythropoïétine
- érythropoïétinea hormone
German Erythropoietin
- Erythropoietina hormone
Greek ερυθροποιητίνη
- ερυθροποιητίνη (erythropoiitíni)a hormone
Hungarian eritropoetin
- eritropoetina hormone
Italian eritropoietina
- eritropoietinaa hormone
Russian эритропоэти́н
- эритропоэти́н (eritropoetín)a hormone
Spanish eritropoyetina
- eritropoyetinaa hormone
Swedish erytropoietin, erytropoetin
- erytropoietina hormone
- erytropoetina hormone
Turkish eritropoetin
- eritropoetina hormone
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