erythropoietin

From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) and ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker”) and -in.

• IPA^(key): /ɪˌɹɪθɹəˈpɔɪ.ɪtɪn/

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erythropoietin (plural erythropoietins)

1. (biochemistry) A glycoprotein hormone that functions as a cytokine for erythrocyte precursors in bone marrow.
   • 1994, Herbert A. DeVries, Terry J. Housh, Physiology of Exercise for Physical Education, Athletics, and Exercise Science, WCB Brown & Benchmark, →ISBN, page 589:

     Exogenous administration of erythropoietin can, theoretically, improve endurance exercise performance in the same way as conventional blood doping procedures.

• EPO, Epo

• continuous erythropoietin receptor activator

• erythropoietin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia