Cell Function
thrombopoiesis
Subclass of:
Hematopoiesis
Definitions related to thrombopoiesis:
  • A hematopoietic process that refers to the production of thrombocytes.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Formation of blood platelets.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The process of generating thrombocytes (BLOOD PLATELETS) from the pluripotent HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS in the BONE MARROW via the MEGAKARYOCYTES. The humoral factor with thrombopoiesis-stimulating activity is designated THROMBOPOIETIN.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (thrombocyte differentiation) The process in which a relatively unspecialized myeloid precursor cell acquires the specialized features of a thrombocyte, a nucleated cell found in all vertebrates but mammals involved in hemostasis.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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