HAEMATOPOIETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haematopoietic mean? 

• HAEMATOPOIETIC (adjective)
  The adjective HAEMATOPOIETIC has 1 sense:

1. pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells

  Familiarity information: HAEMATOPOIETIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAEMATOPOIETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

haematogenic; haematopoietic; haemopoietic; hematogenic; hematopoietic; hemopoietic

Context example:

hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

Chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) is a biphasic disease, initiated by expression of the BCR/ABL fusion gene product in self-renewing, haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs).

(Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Some mechanisms of disruption involve the effect of fusion proteins that are generated by chromosomal translocations on haematopoietic transcription factors.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

Specific haematopoietic transcription factors are crucial for differentiation to particular lineages during normal differentiation, but are frequently disrupted in AML.

(Acute Myeloid Leukemia Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)