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Answer for the clue "The formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) ", 9 letters:
hematosis

Word definitions for hematosis in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood 2 The arterialization of the blood in the lungs; the formation of blood in general; haematogenesis n. 1 sanguification; the conversion of chyle into blood 2 The arterialization of the blood in the ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Arterialization \Ar*te`ri*al*i*za"tion\, n. (Physiol.) The process of converting venous blood into arterial blood during its passage through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also a["e]ration and hematosis .