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ERYTHROPOIESIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of producing red blood cells by the stem cells in the bone marrow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("erythropoiesis" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Derivation:
erythropoietic (of or relating to the formation of red blood cells)
Context examples:
Pathogenesis involves immune dysfunction with antibodies directed against erythroid precursor cells or erythropoietin, or due to T-cell mediated suppression of erythropoiesis.
(Acquired pure red cell aplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
A combination of factors including the transition from the liver to the bone marrow for erythropoiesis in a neonate, blood loss experienced during delivery, the shortened life span of fetal blood cells, and an acclimation to a relatively hyperoxic environment outside the womb can predispose a neonate to this condition.
(Anemia of Prematurity, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic, non-recombinant, pegylated, peptidic erythropoiesis stimulating agent.
(Peginesatide, NCI Thesaurus)
In the early development of a fetus, erythropoiesis takes place in the yolk sac, spleen, and liver.
(Erythropoiesis, NCI Dictionary)
