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Noun: hemopoiesis
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: haemopoiesis)
  1. The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow)
    - hematopoiesis [N. Amer], haematopoiesis [Brit, Cdn], haemopoiesis [Brit, Cdn], hemogenesis [N. Amer], haemogenesis [Brit, Cdn], hematogenesis [N. Amer], haematogenesis [Brit, Cdn], sanguification

Type of: biological process, organic process

Encyclopedia: Hemopoiesis

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hemolysin
hemolysis
hemolytic
hemolytic anemia
hemophile
hemophilia
hemophilia A
hemophilia B
hemophiliac
hemophilic
hemopoiesis
hemopoietic
hemoproteid
hemoprotein
hemoptysis
hemorrhage
hemorrhagic
hemorrhagic cyst
hemorrhagic fever
hemorrhagic septicemia
hemorrhagic stroke