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erythropoietin

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɪˌɹɪθɹəˈpɔɪ.ɪtɪn/
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  • CMU ARPABET: EH0 R IH2 TH R AH0 P OY1 T IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A glycoprotein hormone that functions as a cytokine for erythrocyte precursors in bone marrow.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: EPO

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a glycoprotein secreted by the kidneys that stimulates the production of red blood cells

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: glycoprotein

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”) and ποιητής (poiētḗs, “creator, maker”) and -in.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: eritropoetina — a hormone
  • Dutch: erytropoëtine — a hormone
  • Finnish: erytropoietiini — a hormone
  • French: érythropoïétine — a hormone
  • German: Erythropoietin — a hormone
  • Greek: ερυθροποιητίνη (erythropoiitíni) — a hormone
  • Hungarian: eritropoetin — a hormone
  • Italian: eritropoietina — a hormone
  • Russian: эритропоэти́н (eritropoetín) — a hormone
  • Spanish: eritropoyetina — a hormone
  • Swedish: erytropoietin — a hormone
  • Swedish: erytropoetin — a hormone
  • Turkish: eritropoetin — a hormone