eritropoyesis

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin erythropoiesis, from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρο- (eruthro-, “red”) and ποίησις (poíēsis, “production”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eɾitɾopoˈʝesis/ [e.ɾi.t̪ɾo.poˈʝe.sis]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /eɾitɾopoˈʝesis/ [e.ɾi.t̪ɾo.poˈʝe.sis]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /eɾitɾopoˈʃesis/ [e.ɾi.t̪ɾo.poˈʃe.sis]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /eɾitɾopoˈʒesis/ [e.ɾi.t̪ɾo.poˈʒe.sis]

• Rhymes: -esis
• Syllabification: e‧ri‧tro‧po‧ye‧sis

Noun

eritropoyesis f (plural eritropoyesis)

1. (biology) erythropoiesis

Derived terms

• eritropoyético

 

Further reading

• “eritropoyesis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10