rhesus - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • have: Blood group Women who have a rhesus negative blood group may need to have an injection to prevent problems for subsequent pregnancies.

Modifies a noun

  • macaque: In 2000, more than 400 rhesus macaques - found to be carrying herpes B - were required to be shot in UK zoos.
  • monkey: Rhesus Monkeys have cheek pouches in which they can stuff enough food to last them all day!
  • factor: There is no support group for people with rhesus factor disease.
  • disease: There is no support group for people with rhesus factor disease.
  • protein: The rhesus factor protein only becomes important during pregnancy; it has little effect on the body at other times.
  • blood: Anti-D antibody An alternative recently adopted approach is anti-D which comprises antibodies to a rhesus blood group protein ' D ' .

Noun used with modifier

  • baby: If however, the mother is Rhesus negative and the baby Rhesus positive, future babies could be affected.
  • O: I was the first group O rhesus negative male to donate today, a rare group.

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