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erythropoietin

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e·ryth·ro·poi·e·tin  (-rthr-poi-tn)
n.
1. A glycoprotein hormone that stimulates the production of red blood cells by stem cells in bone marrow. Produced mainly by the kidneys, it is released in response to decreased levels of oxygen in body tissue.
2. Epoetin alfa.
[erythropoiet(ic) + -in.]
erythropoietin  (-rthr-poi-tn)
A glycoprotein hormone, secreted mostly by the kidneys in adults and the liver in children, that stimulates stem cells in the bone marrow to produce red blood cells.
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Noun1.erythropoietin - a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells
glycoprotein - a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component
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