Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The process of blood clot formation.
- n. The formation of blood platelets.
Wiktionary
- n. biochemistry The process of thrombocyte generation.
Examples
“During the final stages of thrombopoiesis, platelets are shed from the cytoplasm of their precursors and then enter the bloodstream.”
“Platelets develop from precursor cells found in the bone marrow, a process that is called thrombopoiesis.”
“Alpdogan O, Shieh JH, Wong D, Merzouk A, et al. (2004) Increased plasma levels of stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1 / CXCL12) enhance human thrombopoiesis and mobilize human colony-forming cells (CFC) in NOD / SCID mice.”
“We have shown that SDF-1 enhances human thrombopoiesis in xenotransplanted NOD / SCID mice”
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