Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hematosis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arterialization \Ar*te`ri*al*i*za"tion\, n. (Physiol.)
The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood
during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed
and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also {a["e]ration} and
{hematosis}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hematosis \Hem`a*to"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. a"ima`twsis.]
(Physiol.)
(a) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood.
(b) The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the
formation of blood in general; h[ae]matogenesis.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hematosis
n : the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially
in the bone marrow) [syn: {hematopoiesis}, {haematopoiesis},
{hemopoiesis}, {haemopoiesis}, {hemogenesis}, {haemogenesis},
{haematosis}, {hematogenesis}, {haematogenesis}, {sanguification}]
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