Meanings
plural hematopoieses · alternative hæmatopœsis · alternative haematopoiesis · alternative hæmopoiesis · alternative haemopoiesis · alternative hemopoiesis
- uncountableusuallybiologyThe process by which blood cells are produced; it involves the formation of new cellular components of the blood in myeloid or lymphatic tissues.
Synonyms: hematogenesis, haemogenesis, hematolymphopoiesis
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process by which blood cells are produced; it involves the formation of new cellular components of the blood in myeloid or lymphatic tissues.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Basque hematopoiesi, hemopoiesi
- hematopoiesiprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hemopoiesiprocess by which blood cells are produced
Bulgarian хемопоеза, хематопоеза
- хемопоеза (hemopoeza)process by which blood cells are produced
- хематопоеза (hematopoeza)process by which blood cells are produced
- кръвообразуване (krăvoobrazuvane)process by which blood cells are produced
Catalan hematopoesi, hemopoesi
- hematopoesiprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hemopoesiprocess by which blood cells are produced
Chinese Mandarin 造血
- 造血 (zàoxiě)process by which blood cells are produced
Dutch hematopoëse, hemopoëse
- hematopoëseprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hemopoëseprocess by which blood cells are produced
Finnish verenmuodostus, hematopoieesi
- verenmuodostusprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hematopoieesiprocess by which blood cells are produced
French hématopoïèse, hémopoèse
- hématopoïèseprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hémopoèseprocess by which blood cells are produced
German Hämatopoese, Hämopoese
- Hämatopoeseprocess by which blood cells are produced
- Hämopoeseprocess by which blood cells are produced
Hungarian haemopoezis, haematopoezis
- haemopoezisprocess by which blood cells are produced
- haematopoezisprocess by which blood cells are produced
Icelandic blóðfrumnamyndun
- blóðfrumnamyndunprocess by which blood cells are produced
Italian emopoiesi, ematopoiesi
- emopoiesiprocess by which blood cells are produced
- ematopoiesiprocess by which blood cells are produced
Japanese 造血
- 造血 (zōketsu)process by which blood cells are produced
Korean 조혈
- 조혈 (johyeol)process by which blood cells are produced
Lithuanian hemopoezė, hematopoezė
- hemopoezėprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hematopoezėprocess by which blood cells are produced
Polish hematopoeza, hemopoeza
- hematopoezaprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hemopoezaprocess by which blood cells are produced
Portuguese hematopoiese, hematopoese
- hematopoieseprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hematopoeseprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hemopoieseprocess by which blood cells are produced
Romanian hematopoieză, hemopoieză
- hematopoiezăprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hemopoiezăprocess by which blood cells are produced
Russian гемопоэ́з, гематопоэ́з
- гемопоэ́з (gemopoéz)process by which blood cells are produced
- гематопоэ́з (gematopoéz)process by which blood cells are produced
- кроветворе́ние (krovetvorénije)process by which blood cells are produced
Slovak hematopoéza, hemopoéza
- hematopoézaprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hemopoézaprocess by which blood cells are produced
- krvotvorbaprocess by which blood cells are produced
Spanish hematopoyesis, hemopoyesis
- hematopoyesisprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hemopoyesisprocess by which blood cells are produced
Swedish hematopoes, hemopoes
- hematopoesprocess by which blood cells are produced
- hemopoesprocess by which blood cells are produced
Ukrainian гематопое́з, гемопое́з
- гематопое́з (hematopoéz)process by which blood cells are produced
- гемопое́з (hemopoéz)process by which blood cells are produced
- кровотво́рення (krovotvórennja)process by which blood cells are produced
Cite this entry
hematopoiesis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hematopoiesis
“hematopoiesis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hematopoiesis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hematopoiesis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hematopoiesis.
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