HAEMOPOIETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does haemopoietic mean? 

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

1. pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAEMOPOIETIC (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:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

An embryonic cell that separates from the neural plate during formation of the neural tube and migrates to give several different lineages of adult cells: the spinal and autonomic ganglia, the glial cells of the peripheral nervous system, and nonneuronal cells, such as chromaffin cells, melanocytes and some haemopoietic cells.

(Neural Crest Cell, NCI Thesaurus)