English Explanatory Dictionary

-poiesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

suffix
  1. production, creation or formation

Word forms

-poiesis -poesis

Etymology

Suffixed form of poiesis, from Ancient Greek ποίησις (poíēsis), from ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”).

Related words

-poeia

Derived words

anapoiesis autopoiesis biopoiesis copoiesis dendritopoiesis erythropoiesis galactopoiesis hematopoiesis hemopoiesis leukopoiesis lymphopoiesis practopoiesis thrombopoiesis
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