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Noun: haemopoiesis
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: hemopoiesis)
  1. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
    - hematopoiesis [N. Amer], haematopoiesis [Brit, Cdn], hemopoiesis [N. Amer], hemogenesis [N. Amer], haemogenesis [Brit, Cdn], hematogenesis [N. Amer], haematogenesis [Brit, Cdn], sanguification

Derived forms: haemopoiesises

Type of: biological process, organic process

Encyclopedia: Haemopoiesis

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haemolysis
haemolytic
haemolytic anaemia
haemophile
haemophilia
haemophilia A
haemophilia B
haemophiliac
haemophilic
Haemopis
haemopoiesis
haemopoietic
haemoproteid
Haemoproteidae
haemoprotein
Haemoproteus
haemoptysis
haemorrhage
haemorrhagic
haemorrhagic cyst
haemorrhagic fever