Sanguification \San`gui*fi*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. sanguification. See {Sanguify}.] (Physiol.) The production of blood; the conversion of the products of digestion into blood; hematosis.
sanguification n : the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) [syn: {hematopoiesis}, {haematopoiesis}, {hemopoiesis}, {haemopoiesis}, {hemogenesis}, {haemogenesis}, {hematogenesis}, {haematogenesis}]