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thrombopoietin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.19 in modern English

Syllables
throm-bopoi-etin
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump, piece, blood clot, milk curd”) and ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker”) and -in.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: θρόμβος

Usage

Inflected Forms

thrombopoietins (plural)

Questions

What does thrombopoietin mean?
A protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets
Where does thrombopoietin come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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