erythropoietin
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See also: Erythropoietin
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Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) and ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker”) and -in.
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Noun[edit]
erythropoietin (plural erythropoietins)
- (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.
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a hormone
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Further reading[edit]
- erythropoietin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia