erythropoiesis

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noun

The production of red blood cells (in bone marrow)

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Meanings

nounerythropoiesis (countable and uncountable, plural erythropoieses)

plural erythropoieses

  1. countableuncountableThe production of red blood cells (in bone marrow)

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
erythrocytopoiesismyeloerythropoiesis

Origin

From erythro- + -poiesis.

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Translations

Basque eritropoiesi
  • eritropoiesiproduction of red blood cells
Bulgarian еритропоеза
  • еритропоеза (eritropoeza)production of red blood cells
Catalan eritropoesi
  • eritropoesiproduction of red blood cells
Chinese Mandarin 红细胞生成
  • 红细胞生成 (hóngxìbāo shēngchéng)production of red blood cells
Dutch erytropoëse
  • erytropoëseproduction of red blood cells
Estonian erütropoees
  • erütropoeesproduction of red blood cells
Finnish erytropoieesi, punasolujen muodostus
  • erytropoieesiproduction of red blood cells
  • punasolujen muodostusproduction of red blood cells
French érythropoïèse
  • érythropoïèseproduction of red blood cells
German Erythropoese
  • Erythropoeseproduction of red blood cells
Greek ερυθροποίηση
  • ερυθροποίηση (erythropoíisi)production of red blood cells
Hebrew אריתרופויזה
  • אריתרופויזה (eritropoyze)production of red blood cells
Hungarian erythropoezis
  • erythropoezisproduction of red blood cells
Indonesian eritopoiesis
  • eritopoiesisproduction of red blood cells
Italian eritropoiesi
  • eritropoiesiproduction of red blood cells
Latvian eritropoēze
  • eritropoēzeproduction of red blood cells
Lithuanian eritropoezė
  • eritropoezėproduction of red blood cells
Polish erytropoeza
  • erytropoezaproduction of red blood cells
Portuguese eritropoiese
  • eritropoieseproduction of red blood cells
Romanian eritropoieză
  • eritropoiezăproduction of red blood cells
Russian эритропоэ́з
  • эритропоэ́з (eritropoéz)production of red blood cells
Slovak erytropoéza
  • erytropoézaproduction of red blood cells
Spanish eritropoyesis
  • eritropoyesisproduction of red blood cells
Swedish erytropoes
  • erytropoesproduction of red blood cells
Ukrainian еритропое́з
  • еритропое́з (erytropoéz)production of red blood cells
Cite this entry
APA

erythropoiesis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erythropoiesis

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“erythropoiesis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erythropoiesis. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “erythropoiesis,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/erythropoiesis.

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