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hematopoiesis

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The process by which blood cells are produced; it involves the formation of new cellular components of the blood in myeloid or lymphatic tissues.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: biology, cytology, hematology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hematogenesis, haemogenesis, hematolymphopoiesis

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: haematopoiesis, hemopoiesis, haemopoiesis, hemogenesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, haematogenesis, sanguification

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organic process, biological process

History

Etymology

From hemato- + -poiesis.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: արյունաստեղծում (aryunasteġcum) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Armenian: հեմոպոեզ (hemopoez) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Basque: hematopoiesi — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Basque: hemopoiesi — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Bulgarian: хемопоеза (hemopoeza) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Bulgarian: хематопоеза (hematopoeza) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Bulgarian: кръвообразуване (krǎvoobrazuvane) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Catalan: hematopoesi — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Catalan: hemopoesi — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Chinese Mandarin: 造血 (zàoxiě) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Dutch: hematopoëse — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Dutch: hemopoëse — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Finnish: verenmuodostus — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Finnish: hematopoieesi — process by which blood cells are produced
  • French: hématopoïèse — process by which blood cells are produced
  • French: hémopoèse — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Galician: hematopoese — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Galician: hemopoese — process by which blood cells are produced
  • German: Hämatopoese — process by which blood cells are produced
  • German: Hämopoese — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Hungarian: haemopoezis — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Hungarian: haematopoezis — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Icelandic: blóðfrumnamyndun — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Italian: emopoiesi — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Italian: ematopoiesi — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Japanese: 造血 (zōketsu) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Kazakh: қантүзілу (qantüzılu) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Korean: 조혈 (johyeol) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Lithuanian: hemopoezė — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Lithuanian: hematopoezė — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Macedonian: хематопоеза (hematopoeza) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Macedonian: хемопоеза (hemopoeza) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Polish: hematopoeza — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Polish: hemopoeza — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Portuguese: hematopoiese — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Portuguese: hematopoese — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Portuguese: hemopoiese — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Romanian: hematopoieză — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Romanian: hemopoieză — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Russian: гемопоэ́з (gemopoéz) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Russian: гематопоэ́з (gematopoéz) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Russian: кроветворе́ние (krovetvorénije) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Serbo-Croatian: хематопое́за — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Serbo-Croatian: хемопое́за — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Serbo-Croatian: hematopoéza — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Serbo-Croatian: hemopoéza — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Slovak: hematopoéza — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Slovak: hemopoéza — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Slovak: krvotvorba — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Spanish: hematopoyesis — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Spanish: hemopoyesis — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Swedish: hematopoes — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Swedish: hemopoes — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Ukrainian: гематопое́з (hematopoéz) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Ukrainian: гемопое́з (hemopoéz) — process by which blood cells are produced
  • Ukrainian: кровотво́рення (krovotvórennja) — process by which blood cells are produced