Erythroblastosis Definition

ĭ-rĭthrō-blă-stōsĭs
erythroblastosis
noun
The appearance of immature, nucleated, red-colored blood cells in the circulating blood.
Webster's New World
A disease of the developing fetus and newborn infant, characterized by a hemolytic anemia and jaundice and caused by an incompatibility of blood types between mother and fetus, usually involving the Rh factor.
Webster's New World

Erythroblastosis Sentence Examples

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

  • Erythroblastosis fetalis can be predicted before birth by determining the mother's blood type.

  • In many cases of blood type incompatibility, the symptoms of erythroblastosis fetalis are prevented with careful monitoring and blood type screening.

  • Nevertheless, erythroblastosis is a very serious condition for approximately 4,000 babies annually.

  • A newborn born with erythroblastosis should be attended to immediately by a pediatrician who is prepared to perform an exchange transfusion at once if required.

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