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hematopoietic

hematopoietic

1 9.7
About making blood cells
  • adjective
  • /ˌhɛmætəˈpɔɪɪtɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hematopoyético
  • And wouldn't it be wonderful if you could take those hematopoietic stem cells and turn them into brain stem cells and fix people who have Parkinson's or Alzheimer's?
  • hematopoietic cells
  • hematopoietic stem
  • hematopoietic progenitors

Hero is a pioneer and the leader in the field of hematopoietic stem cells and as you will hear, also tissue stem cells, including liver.

Examples

  • Instead of transplanting bone marrow from donors, hematopoietic stem cells could be taken from a person at the early stage of HIV infection.

    Academic text (1998)
  • In studies of transplantation, the ability of hematopoietic stem cells to differentiate into multiple types of somatic cells has been reported.

    Academic text (2003)
  • And it does so through the hematopoietic stem cells.

  • Another example of in utero therapy is hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for SCID or thalassemia.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Summary recommendations on immunizations for adult allogeneic or autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

    Academic text (2017)
  • For example, a myocardial cell can be fused with a hematopoietic stem cell to regenerate a binucleate myocardial cell.

    Blog text (13)
  • His primary research interests are supportive care in hematologic patients, infections in hematologic patients, hematopoietic cell transplant recipients, and nosocomial fungal infections.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The hematopoietic stem cells are essential for producing red and white blood cells in the body.

  • The doctor explained that hematopoietic cells play a crucial role in the regeneration of blood after treatment.

  • Research shows that hematopoietic stem cell transplants can help treat various blood disorders.

Synonyms

haematopoietic
vshematopoietic
  • UK
9.9

Relating to the making of blood cells in the body

is the American spelling without the extra vowel
hematogenic
vshematopoietic
  • Specialized
9.9

That makes blood or blood cells in the body

is the more common technical term using the other suffix

Compounds

1 6.1

A special cell inside bones that makes red and white blood cells and platelets

Surface Forms

hematopoietic positive

Morphology

hematopoietic = hematopoiesis (semi-transparent) = hemato + poiet + ic

Formally a clear noun-to-adjective derivation: hematopoiesis ('formation of blood cells') + -ic produces an adjective meaning 'relating to blood formation'.

Etymology

Hematopoietic comes from Greek parts hema- meaning 'blood' and -poietic meaning 'making'. So hematopoietic means 'blood-making', which helps you remember it describes places like bone marrow that make blood cells.