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noun
See under Rh factor.
Origin:
1955–60
1955–60
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noun Physiology.
any of a type of specific antigen present on the surface of red blood cells, persons having inherited such antigens being designated Rh+ (Rh positive) and persons lacking them, a much smaller group, being designated Rh− (Rh negative): blood of Rh− persons is incompatible with Rh+ blood because of antibody reaction, and an Rh− woman who bears an Rh+ baby will have formed antibodies to the fetal blood that, unless removed from her bloodstream by apheresis in a subsequent pregnancy, will be carried across the placenta and destroy red blood cells of the next Rh+ fetus, resulting in erythroblastosis in the newborn.
Origin:
1940–45; so called because first found in the blood of rhesus monkeys
1940–45; so called because first found in the blood of rhesus monkeys
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| Rh positive | |
| —n | |
| 1. | blood containing the Rh factor |
| 2. | a person having such blood |
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