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thrombopoietin

[ throm-boh-poi-i-tn, ‑pǾ-et-n ]

noun

  1. a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of thrombopoietin1

1990–95; < Greek ٳó() clot + Ǿŧ(ḗs) maker; -in 2
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The drug inhibits a hormone called thrombopoietin, or TPO, which normally would trigger cells in the bone marrow to produce platelets.

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