myelopoiesis
nounUK /ˌmaɪələʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/
US /ˌmaɪəloʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/
Myelopoiesis is the way your body makes new white blood cells inside your bones.
The doctor explained that myelopoiesis keeps the immune system supplied with fresh white blood cells.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The formation and development of bone marrow tissue.
Early studies of myelopoiesis focused on how marrow tissue develops in the fetus.
3. The process by which myeloid progenitor cells multiply and mature into granulocytes and monocytes.
During infection, myelopoiesis speeds up to produce more granulocytes.
4. In a broader sense, any production of cells belonging to the myeloid lineage.
Researchers measured myelopoiesis by counting myeloid lineage cells in the blood.