HEMOPOIETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemopoietic mean? 

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

1. pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMOPOIETIC (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:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

This process is involved in regulating the extent of the extent of the response to receptor binding, and in regulating active populations of T, B and hemopoietic cells.

(Negative Regulation of Interleukin Signaling, NCI Thesaurus)

The cellular homologue of v-cbl, CBL protein is expressed in a range of hemopoietic lineages.

(CBL Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Immunocompetent cells of the lymphoid and hemopoietic systems and skin.

(Dendritic cell, NCI Thesaurus)

The protein is produced in response to a number of inflammatory mediators by mesenchymal cells present in the hemopoietic environment and at peripheral sites of inflammation.

(Colony Stimulating Factor 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Dendritic Cells are immunocompetent cells of the lymphoid and hemopoietic systems and skin.

(Murine Dendritic Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

The CysLT1 receptor is found in a number of tissues including spleen, lung, placenta, small intestine, and nasal mucosa, and in a variety of cell types including monocyte/macrophages, mast cells, eosinophils, CD34-positive hemopoietic progenitor cells, neutrophils and endothelial cells.

(Montelukast sodium, NCI Thesaurus)