hematosis

English

Alternative forms

Noun

hematosis

  1. sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood
  2. The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; haematogenesis

See also
  • gas exchange

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hematosis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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