Definitions for haemopoiesis

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hematopoiesis, haematopoiesis, hemopoiesis, haemopoiesis, hemogenesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, haematogenesis, sanguification(noun)

    the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)

Wiktionary

  1. haemopoiesis(Noun)

    The production of blood cells and platelets, a process which in adults takes place within the bone marrow.

  2. Origin: From haemo- + ποίησις.


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