Dictionary entry

Hematosis

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Hem′a‐to″sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. αιμἅτωσισ.] (Physiol.) (a) Sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood. (b) The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; hæmatogenesis.