granulocytopoiesis
nounUK /ˌɡrænjʊləʊˌsaɪtəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/
US /ˌɡrænjəloʊˌsaɪtoʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/
The body making a special kind of white blood cell that helps fight germs.
Granulocytopoiesis increases when the body is fighting an infection.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The process by which granulocyte precursor cells mature into functional granulocytes.
Researchers studied granulocytopoiesis to understand how neutrophils mature.
3. The regulated production of granular white blood cells in response to infection or inflammation.
Granulocytopoiesis is stimulated by colony-stimulating factors during inflammation.
4. A branch of hematopoiesis specifically devoted to the granulocyte lineage.
Granulocytopoiesis is one of several lineages arising from hematopoietic stem cells.