Term: hematopoiesis or
haemopoiesis
Literally
meaning: “blood
production”
Origin: Anc Greek
αἷμα/hema(=blood)
+ποιέω/poieo (=create, make)
Coined/History
(?)
Definition
Hematopoiesis is the formation of blood cells from haematopoietic stem cells
which are multipotent calls.
