-poiesis
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- Production; creation; formation:
表示“生产;创造;形成”:
hematopoiesis.
血细胞生成;造血作用
语源
- From Greek poiēsis [creation]
源自 希腊语 poiēsis [创造] - from poiein [to make] * see k wei- 2
源自 poiein [制作] *参见 k wei- 2
-poiesis
combining form in countable noun
indicating the act of making or producing something specified
⇒
haematopoiesis
Derived Forms
-poietic combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from Greek, from poiēsis a making; see poesy-poiesis
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “making, formation,” used in the formation of compound words:
hematopoiesis.
Origin
< Greek -poiēsis; see poesy, -sis
Related Words
- erythropoiesis
- hematopoiesis
- hemopoiesis
- leukopoiesis
- lymphopoiesis
-poiesisa word element meaning 'making', 'creation', 'genesis', as in erythropoiesis.
[Greek poiēsis act of making]-poiesis
noun combining form
(plural -poieses)
hematopoiesis
noun combining form
(plural -poieses)
ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Greek poiēsis creation — more at poesy
: production : formationhematopoiesis
-poi·e·sis
\ˌpȯiˈēsə̇s\ noun combining form
(plural -poie·ses \-ēˌsēz\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek poiēsis
: production : formation
< hematopoiesis >
< leukopoiesis >
< hematopoiesis >
< leukopoiesis >
-poiesis
Suffix
- production, creation or formation; compare -poeia
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”).