Rh Factor Definition

ärāch
noun
A group of antigens, determined by heredity and usually present in human red blood cells, which may cause hemolytic reactions during pregnancy or after transfusion of blood containing this factor into someone lacking it.
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Origin of Rh Factor

  • Rh(esus factor)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Rh Factor Sentence Examples

  • The Rh factor in human blood was named after rhesus monkeys.

  • Maternal-fetal incompatibilities of ABO blood types leading to neonatal erythroblastosis are less severe and less common than those of the Rh factor.

  • A person with at least one copy of the gene for the Rh factor has Rh-positive blood; if no copies are inherited, the person's blood type is Rh-negative.

  • For this situation to occur, the baby must inherit the Rh factor gene from the father.

  • A person with Rh factor is Rh positive (Rh+); a person without it is Rh negative (Rh-).

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RRH

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RORTOR

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