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hematopoietic cells

hematopoietic cells is the plural of hematopoietic cell.

Meaning of hematopoietic cell

Noun

hematopoietic cell (plural hematopoietic cells)

  1. Any of the cells within bone marrow whose function is to differentiate (transform) into mature blood cells.
    • Near-synonyms: haematoblast, hemoblast (often synonymous in the past, but outdated)
    1. (often, specifically) A hematopoietic stem cell.

Questions about hematopoietic cells

What is hematopoietic cells the plural of?
Hematopoietic cells is the plural of hematopoietic cell.

Words near hematopoietic cells in the dictionary

  1. hematopoetic
  2. hematopoieses
  3. hematopoiesis
  4. hematopoietic
  5. hematopoietic cell
  6. hematopoietic cells
  7. hematopoietically
  8. hematopoietin
  9. hematopoietins
  10. hematoporphyria
  11. hematoporphyrin

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