Sanguification

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sanguification \San`gui*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. sanguification.
     See {Sanguify}.] (Physiol.)
     The production of blood; the conversion of the products of
     digestion into blood; hematosis.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sanguification
       n : the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially
           in the bone marrow) [syn: {hematopoiesis}, {haematopoiesis},
            {hemopoiesis}, {haemopoiesis}, {hemogenesis}, {haemogenesis},
            {hematogenesis}, {haematogenesis}]