thrombopoietin

[ throm-boh-poi-i-tn, ‑poi-et-n ]

noun

1. a hormone that induces bone marrow cells to form blood platelets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thrombopoietin¹

1990–95; < Greek thrómbo(s) clot + poiēt(ḗs) maker; -in ²

Example Sentences

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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