[ ˌhi:mə(ʊ)pɔɪ'i:sɪs ]
( US hemopoiesis )
■ noun the production of blood cells and platelets in the bone marrow.
Derivatives
haemopoietic adjective
Origin
early 20th cent.: from haemo- + Gk poiēsis 'making'.
[ ˌhi:mə(ʊ)pɔɪ'i:sɪs ]
( US hemopoiesis )
■ noun the production of blood cells and platelets in the bone marrow.
Derivatives
haemopoietic adjective
Origin
early 20th cent.: from haemo- + Gk poiēsis 'making'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004