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hemato- +‎ -genesis

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  • enPR: hē'mə-tə-jĕn'ĭ-sĭs

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hematogenesis (uncountable)

  1. (hematology, cytology) Blood cell formation in the human body, especially the bone marrow, hematopoiesis.
    • 1903, James Ewing, “Progressive pernicious anemia is believed by some to result through defective hematogenesis, and by others primarily from excessive...”, in Clinical Pathology of the Blood: A Treatise on the General Principles and Special Application of Hematology, page 215:
    • 1965, William Bloom, Hal Downey, “This has not as yet been accomplished for mammalian material, although studies have been made of hematogenesis in vivo in Fundulus embryos...”, in Handbook of Hematology, page 867:
    • 2005, C. Edward Collins, “...or wrinkled skin blood cyst formation of blood cells adjectival form of hematogenesis abnormal blood condition pain in a nerve stretched nerve synonym...”, in A Short Course in Medical Terminology, page 302:

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