hypoproduction
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hypo- + production.
Noun
[edit]hypoproduction (uncountable)
- (biology) Unusually low production of some substance in an organism
- 2015 July 11, “Preferential Elimination of Older Erythrocytes in Circulation and Depressed Bone Marrow Erythropoietic Activity Contribute to Cadmium Induced Anemia in Mice”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- These include hemolysis of peripheral erythrocytes, iron deficiency through inefficient duodenal iron absorption leading to inhibition of heme synthesis, and renal anemia characterized by hypoproduction of erythropoietin.