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-poiesis

a combining form meaning “making, formation,” used in the formation of compound words: hematopoiesis.

Origin:
< Gk -poiēsis; see poesy, -sis
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-poiesis suff.
Production; creation; formation: hemopoiesis.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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