Stupid question...

[CBG23]

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But is haemopoiesis the same thing as hematopoiesis? I've seen both terms thrown around, but wasn't sure if they were interchangable or one was a subset of another or something else...

 

[JonathanMD]

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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/haemopoiesis

 

[DrYoda]

One is US English and the other is British English.

Same thing with Orthopaedics vs. Orthopedics; paediatrics vs pediatrics ect.

 

[Caesar]

One is US English and the other is British English.

Same thing with Orthopaedics vs. Orthopedics; paediatrics vs pediatrics etc.

This. Brits still use the ae diphthong more than us Yanks so on occasion you'll see slight spelling differences.

 

[CBG23]

I figured the "ae" thing was british, but I wasn't sure about the british version missing the letter "t". Anyway, thanks,

 

[phospho]

missing the letter "t". ,

yeah, it confused me too when I first saw it 😀

 

[Caesar]

I figured the "ae" thing was british, but I wasn't sure about the british version missing the letter "t". Anyway, thanks,

Yeah no idea what the etymology of that word is to know the story of the "t". I took Latin in Highschool. Knowing about the ae diphthong is just about the only thing I remember.

 

[shreypete]

Even Gaelic uses the "ae" diphthong. It was one of the letters in the old English alphabet but not anymore. However, it's still seen in Danish, Norwegian, and Latin. I think it might have originally been derived form Latin but was modified in terms of pronunciation (ae = ee in English as opposed to ae = ai or the german ä).

Fortunately (or unfortunately), we don't have to study linguistics (for those who hate languages), so yes, the simple answer is hemo- and hemato-poiesis are the same. I believe "hemato" is derived from Greek where as "haeme" might have been derived from Latin (or the Greek prefix might have just been modified by the English to "haem").

 

[Random Anesthesiologist]

Disoriented vs. disorientated always throws me off