Definition of Lymphopoiesis

1. Noun. The formation of lymphocytes in the bone marrow and lymph nodes and thymus and spleen.


Definition of Lymphopoiesis

1. Noun. (medicine) The development of lymphocytes and associated tissue ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Lymphopoiesis

1. The formation of lymphatic tissue. Origin: Lympho-+ G. Poiesis, a making (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lymphopoiesis

lymphomatous
lymphomyeloma
lymphomyxoma
lymphonodi
lymphonodus
lymphopathia
lymphopathia venereum
lymphopathy
lymphopenia
lymphopenias
lymphopenic
lymphopenic thymic dysplasia
lymphoplasmapheresis
lymphoplasty
lymphopoenic
lymphopoiesis (current term)
lymphopoietic
lymphopoietin
lymphoproliferation
lymphoproliferative
lymphoproliferative disorders
lymphoproliferative response
lymphoreticular
lymphoreticulosis
lymphorrhagia
lymphorrhoea
lymphorrhoid
lymphosarcoma
lymphosarcomas
lymphosarcomata

Literary usage of Lymphopoiesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"... of the spleen and the thymus in iron-deficient pups' which suggest depressed lymphopoiesis in both B- and T-cell areas. It is possible that lysozyme, ..."

2. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... suppressing haematopoiesis and lymphopoiesis, as witness the spleen, which shows exhaustion of lymphoid tissue and proliferation of reticular tissue. ..."

3. Novel Systems for the Study of Human Disease: From Basic Research to by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, SourceOECD (Online service) (1998)
"Knock-out mouse mutations and associated blocks in thymocyte ontogeny Genetic Checkpoints in T Cell lymphopoiesis cortex Medulla ..."

4. The Biology of the Blood-cells with a Glossary of Hæmatological Terms: For by Oskar Cameron Gruner (1914)
"The Accessory Factories of lymphopoiesis differ from the preceding tissues in their more indefinite structure. They are extremely numerous, so that, ..."

5. Transgenic Animals: Bibliography January 1991-February 1994 by Raymond Dobert (1996)
"74 NAL Call No: 410.9 P94 Gene targeting technology for creating transgenic models of lymphopoiesis ..."

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