erythropoietin

See also: Erythropoietin

English

Erythropoietin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˌɹɪθɹəˈpɔɪ.ɪtɪn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

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.

Synonyms

• EPO, Epo

Derived terms

• continuous erythropoietin receptor activator

Translations

a hormone

Catalan: eritropoetina f Finnish: erytropoietiini French: érythropoïétine (fr) f German: Erythropoietin (de) n Greek: ερυθροποιητίνη (el) f (erythropoiitíni) Hungarian: eritropoetin Italian: eritropoietina (it) f Russian: эритропоэти́н (ru) m (eritropoetín) Spanish: eritropoyetina f Swedish: erytropoietin (sv) n, erytropoetin (sv) n

Further reading

• erythropoietin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia