thrombopoietin

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

thrombopoietin (countable and uncountable, plural thrombopoietins)

1. A protein produced by the liver and kidney, which regulates the production of platelets
   • 2009 February 6, Brendan J. McMorran et al., “Platelets Kill Intraerythrocytic Malarial Parasites and Mediate Survival to Infection”, in Science‎, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 797–800:

     The megakaryocyte growth and differentiation factor, C-mpl, is the receptor for thrombopoietin and is encoded by the Mpl gene.