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Definition of Haematopoiesis

1. Noun. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow).

Definition of Haematopoiesis

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of hematopoiesis) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Haematopoiesis

1. The formation and development of blood cells involving both proliferation and differentiation from stem cells. In adult mammals usually occurs in bone marrow. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Haematopoiesis

Literary usage of Haematopoiesis

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

1. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"osteopetrosis agent must act directly on the reticulo-endothelial system, stimulating reticular tissue and suppressing haematopoiesis and lymphopoiesis, ..."

2. The Lymphatics: General Anatomy of the Lymphatics by Gabriel Delamare, Bernard Cunéo, Cecil Huntington Leaf (1904)
"... bony marrow and the embryonic spleen, we may inquire if the gland is, or at any rate can under any circumstances become, a centre of haematopoiesis ? ..."

3. A Manual of General Or Experimental Pathology for Students and Practitioners by Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow (1904)
"... regards the spleen as the chief seat of haematopoiesis ; Lowit considers that spleen and medulla of bone take approximately equal parts in the process. ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1901)
"If the dose of the haemolytic ^e^v be small, the haemolysis is replaced by a haematopoiesis =£ar*=> ^ marked ..."

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