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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A recombinant preparation of human erythropoietin used to treat some forms of anemia.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[e(rythro)po(i)etin + alfa (alteration of alpha).]

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