erythropoietin Definition
eryth·ro·poi·etin (-po̵i′ə tin)
noun
a hormone that stimulates erythropoiesis, produced mainly in the kidneys of higher organisms
erythropoietin Usage Examples
Converse of object
- use: There are a number of studies going on in the USA and UK using erythropoietin for people with multiple myeloma.
- produce: Kidneys Healthy kidneys produce erythropoietin, a hormone that stimulates the formation of new red blood cells.
- call: There is a drug called erythropoietin ( EPO ) that may help with anemia.
- include: These products include erythropoietin ( EPO ), paclitaxel and a pneumococcal vaccine.
Adjective modifier
- recombinant: There were also 234 doses of recombinant human erythropoietin, or EPO, the blood booster that threatened to take over world sport.
- human: There were also 234 doses of recombinant human erythropoietin, or EPO, the blood booster that threatened to take over world sport.
- endogenous: Production of endogenous erythropoietin is impaired in patients with chronic renal failure and the primary cause of their anemia is due to erythropoietin deficiency.
Modifies a noun
- level: Deficiency is defined as an inappropriately low serum erythropoietin level in relation to the degree of anemia.
- receptor: Despite these molecular changes, darbepoetin alfa retains a very narrow specificity for the erythropoietin receptor.
- deficiency: Production of endogenous erythropoietin is impaired in patients with chronic renal failure and the primary cause of their anemia is due to erythropoietin deficiency.
- production: In kidney failure, erythropoietin production is reduced, and the production of red blood cells falls, resulting in anemia.
- therapy: Where the anemia does not have a directly curable cause then two important treatments exist - blood transfusion and erythropoietin therapy.
Noun used with modifier
- hormone: Anemia commonly results from chronic renal failure, but can be easily treated with injections of the hormone erythropoietin.
- booster: He was placed under investigation last week for possession of dangerous substances after admitting having used the blood booster erythropoietin ( EPO ).
- serum: Deficiency is defined as an inappropriately low serum erythropoietin level in relation to the degree of anemia.
- blood: He was placed under investigation last week for possession of dangerous substances after admitting having used the blood booster erythropoietin ( EPO ).
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- ‹ erythroblastosis
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- ‹ erythritol
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