leukopoiesis
nounUK /ˌluːkəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/
US /ˌluːkoʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/
Leukopoiesis is the way your body makes white blood cells.
The doctor explained that leukopoiesis keeps the immune system supplied with white blood cells.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The regulated process by which hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow differentiate into the various types of leukocytes.
Researchers studied how leukopoiesis is stimulated during infection.
3. An increase in the production of white blood cells, especially in response to illness.
The blood test showed leukopoiesis following the patient's fever.
4. The biological pathway involving cytokines such as colony-stimulating factors that control white cell development.
Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor plays a key role in leukopoiesis.