Epo

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Epo (plural Epos)

  1. (biochemistry) Initialism of erythropoietin.
    • 2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 86:
      If you live or train for sports at high altitude where oxygen levels are lower, the production of Epo is stimulated and your blood contains more red cells.

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Èpò

  1. (historical) the southwest division of the old Ọ̀yọ́ empire consisting of the Ẹ̀gbá people and the towns Ìbàdàn and Ìjàyè