hematopoiesis
/ˌhiː.mə.toʊ.pɔɪˈiː.sɪs/noun
hematopoiesis is a noun meaning “The process by which blood cells are produced; it involves the formation of new cellular components of the blood in myeloid or lymphatic tissues” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled H-E-M-A-T-O-P-O-I-E-S-I-S, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of hematopoiesis is hematopoieses.
What does hematopoiesis mean?
noun
- 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce hematopoiesis?
- /ˌhiː.mə.toʊ.pɔɪˈiː.sɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-hematopoiesis.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hematopoiesis
- hematopoieses plural
- hæmatopœsis
- haematopoiesis
- hæmopoiesis
- haemopoiesis
- hemopoiesis
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is hematopoiesis?
Hematopoiesis appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 130,282nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Hematopoiesis in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense process by which blood cells are produced:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | hématopoïèse, hémopoèse |
| German | Hämatopoese, Hämopoese |
| Portuguese | hematopoiese, hematopoese, hemopoiese |
| Spanish | hematopoyesis, hemopoyesis |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hematopoiesis come from?
From hemato- + -poiesis.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).