Medical Terminology / Unit 7 MedTerm 0428 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-poiesis: Formation
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The idea
The suffix poiesis names the formation or production of what its root identifies.
In practice
Hematopoiesis is the formation of blood cells.
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Poiesis names ongoing production. Genesis names origin or first formation.
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