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erythropoietin
[ ih-rith-roh-poi-i-tn, -poi-eet-n ]
noun
- Biochemistry. a hormone that stimulates production of red blood cells and hemoglobin in the bone marrow, released in response to low levels of oxygen in the tissues.
- a synthetic form of this hormone, used as a performance-enhancing drug.
erythropoietin
/ ɪˌɪθəʊɔɪˈːɪ /
noun
- a hormone, secreted by the kidney in response to low levels of oxygen in the tissues, that increases the rate of erythropoiesis. It has been used as a performance-enhancing drug for athletes and racehorses EPO
erythropoietin
/ ĭ-ĭٳ′rō-Ǿ-ŧ′ĭ /
- A glycoprotein hormone, secreted mostly by the kidneys in adults and the liver in children, that stimulates stem cells in the bone marrow to produce red blood cells.
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of erythropoietin1
Example Sentences
They called the theoretical hormone erythropoietin, or “red maker” in Greek.
It can help produce more of the natural hormone erythropoietin, or EPO, which has long been a doping product favored by endurance athletes.
He had returned a positive result for the banned substance erythropoietin.
Last month, news broke that he faced a suspension from training after a sample of his urine tested positive for synthetic erythropoietin, or EPO, according to Australia’s antidoping agency.
The 28-year-old Kenya native admitted using recombinant erythropoietin at the race in Romania in September.
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