thrombopoietin

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noun

A protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets

OriginAncient Greek θρόμβος →
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Meanings

nounthrombopoietin (countable and uncountable, plural thrombopoietins)

plural thrombopoietins

  1. countableuncountableA 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

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekθρόμβος“lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”
  2. Englishthrombopoietin

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

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Translations

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