hematopoietic cell; blood-forming cell
Technical term in biology and medicine for cells that give rise to blood cells, such as hematopoietic stem cells.
Hematopoietic cells are abundant in the bone marrow.
Hematopoietic cell transplantation is one treatment for leukemia.
造血幹細胞 specifically refers to hematopoietic stem cells, a subset of 造血細胞 with self-renewal and differentiation capabilities.
Compound of 造血 (hematopoiesis) and 細胞 (cell). The term is a direct calque from Western medical terminology.