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Meaning of "Rh positive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RH POSITIVE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RH POSITIVE

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Rh positive is a noun.
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WHAT DOES RH POSITIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rh blood group system

The Rh blood group system is one of thirty-three current human blood group systems. It is the most important blood group system after ABO. At present, the Rh blood group system consists of 50 defined blood-group antigens, among which the five antigens D, C, c, E, and e are the most important. The commonly used terms Rh factor, Rh positive and Rh negative refer to the D antigen only. Besides its role in blood transfusion, the Rh blood group system—specifically, the D antigen—is used to determine the risk of hemolytic disease of the newborn as prevention is the best approach to the management of this condition. As part of prenatal care, a blood test may be used to find out the blood type of a fetus. If the Rh antigen is lacking, the blood is called Rh-negative. If the antigen is present, it is called Rh-positive. When the mother is Rh-negative and the father is Rh-positive, the fetus can inherit the Rh factor from the father. This makes the fetus Rh-positive too. Problems can arise when the fetus’s blood has the Rh factor and the mother’s blood does not. A mother who is Rh-negative may develop antibodies to an Rh-positive baby.

Definition of Rh positive in the English dictionary

The definition of Rh positive in the dictionary is blood containing the Rh factor. Other definition of Rh positive is a person having such blood.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RH POSITIVE

Reynolds number
Reynosa
rez
rezero
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RFC
RFID
RFLP
Rg
RGB
RGN
RGS
Rgt
rh
Rh factor
Rh negative
Rh-negative
Rh-positive
RHA

WORDS THAT END LIKE RH POSITIVE

active
additive
aperitive
capacitive
case-sensitive
cognitive
competitive
definitive
fugitive
HIV-positive
insensitive
intransitive
intuitive
nutritive
positive
primitive
prohibitive
punitive
repetitive
sensitive
time-sensitive

Synonyms and antonyms of Rh positive in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Rh positive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RH POSITIVE

Find out the translation of Rh positive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Rh positive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Rh positive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

Rh阳性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Rh positivo
570 millions of speakers

English

Rh positive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आरएच पॉजिटिव
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ره إيجابية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Rh положительный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Rh positivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Rh ইতিবাচক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Rh positif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rh positif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rh-positiv
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

のRh陽性の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의 Rh 양성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rh positif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Rh dương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Rh நேர்மறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आरएच पॉझिटिव्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Rh pozitif
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Rh positivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Rh dodatni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Rh позитивний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Rh pozitiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Rh θετικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Rh-positief
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Rh positiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Rh positiv
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RH POSITIVE»

The term «Rh positive» is normally little used and occupies the 120.812 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Rh positive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RH POSITIVE»

Discover the use of Rh positive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Rh positive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Handbook of Pediatric Transfusion Medicine
Since anti-D in an IgG form is very efficient at crossing the placenta, causing HDN in an Rh-positive fetus, every effort should be made to reserve Rh-negative blood for Rh-negative female children who may become pregnant in the future.
Christopher D. Hillyer, Christopher Hillyer, Ronald Strauss, 2004
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Encyclopedia of Family Health
In this case, testing the husband's blood can give the doctor an indication of the chances that the fetus is Rh-positive. If there is a risk of Rh incompatibility, can a baby be born normally? Because of the possibility of complications, most doctors  ...
David B. Jacoby, R. M. Youngson, 2004
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Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems
Rh BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM People who have the Rh factor (an erythrocyte antigen first observed in rhesus monkeys, hence the designation Rh) are said to have Rh-positive blood, whereas those lacking the Rh factor are considered ...
Lauralee Sherwood, 2008
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Clinical Anesthesia
Patients with the D antigen of the Rhesus group of antigens are said to be Rh- positive. Approximately 85% of the population is Rh-positive. In contrast to the A and B blood groups, anti- D antibodies are not constitutively present in the serum of ...
Paul G. Barash, 2009
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Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology
In this condition, the Rh-negative mother becomes alloimmunized by exposure to Rh-positive fetal erythrocytes during pregnancy or delivery. Maternally produced antierythrocyte antibodies, recognizing the Rh D antigen, pass across the ...
Ronald S. Gibbs, 2008
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Biology: A Search For Order In Complexity
About 85 percent of the population has blood containing a protein, or antigen, called Rh factor, and such persons are Rh-positive. The other 15 percent lack the Rh factor and are Rh-negative. A pattern of inheritance of the Rh factor is now ...
Leslie MacKenzie, David K. Arwine, Edward J. Shewan, 2004
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Delmar's Comprehensive Medical Assisting: Administrative and ...
People possessing the Rh factor are said to have Rh-positive (Rh ) blood. Those without the Rh factor have Rh-negative (Rh ) blood. About 85% of North Americans are Rh-positive; 15% are Rh-negative. Neither Rh-negative nor Rh- positive ...
Wilburta Lindh, Marilyn Pooler, Carol Tamparo, 2009
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Human Biology
Daniel D. Chiras, Director the Evergreen Institute Daniel D Chiras, Ph.D. Transfusion Antibody to type A blood Antibody to type B blood B antigen A antigen RBCs from donor agglutinate Child is Rh positive Rh+ red blood cells Fetal red.
Daniel D. Chiras, Director the Evergreen Institute Daniel D Chiras, Ph.D., 2013
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Comprehensive Objective Biology
If there is Rh-antigen in a person he is Rh-positive . When this antigen is absent in a person he is Rh-negative. About 90% Indians are Rh-positive and 10% are Rh-negative. In general, an individual does not produce anti-Rh antibodies ...
V.K. Jain J.P. Sharma
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Perinatal Patient Education: A Practical Guide with ...
When an Rh-negative woman has a baby with an Rh- positive man, the baby can be either Rh negative like the mother or Rh positive like the father. This disease only happens when the woman is Rh negative, the man is Rh positive, and the ...
Margaret Comerford Freda, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RH POSITIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Rh positive is used in the context of the following news items.
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American Red Cross encouraging African-Americans to donate blood
Blood is organized into four groups—O, A, B, or AB—and classified by its Rh factor, either Rh negative or Rh positive. The Rh factor refers to a type of protein ... «Richmond Confidential, Jan 15»
2
Some Blood Types Might Raise Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Study
An additional variable, known as the Rhesus (Rh) factor, further distinguishes one person's blood from another's as Rh positive or negative. The result is eight ... «HealthDay, Dec 14»
3
Rh Factor and Blood Type Incompatibility
They are type A, type B, type AB and type O. Each of these can be either positive or negative. If you're Rh positive, your blood has a protein on the surface of ... «EmpowHer, Sep 14»
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How One Australian Man's Blood Donations Saved Over Two Million …
Most people (about 85%) have a special protein in their blood cells called the Rh factor, which makes them Rh positive (positive blood type); the remainder, who ... «Gizmodo Australia, Jul 14»
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How One Man's Blood Donations Saved Over Two Million Lives
Most people (about 85%) have a special protein in their blood cells called the Rh factor, which makes them Rh positive (positive blood type); the remainder, who ... «Gizmodo, Jul 14»
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Your pregnancy: Rh incompatibility
Rhesus (Rh) factor is an inherited trait that refers to a specific protein found on the surface of red blood cells. If your blood has the protein, you're Rh positive ... «Jamaica Observer, Jun 14»
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Why Can't You Receive Blood from Someone With a Different Blood …
Most people (about 85%) have a special protein on their blood cells called the Rh factor, a condition that makes them Rh positive (and have a positive blood ... «Gizmodo, May 14»
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Question Corner: Rh negative children
Even when both the parents are Rh positive, children born to them can be Rh negative. How does this happen? JAMY. Ernakulam, Kerala. Rh typing is one ... «The Hindu, Jun 13»
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Your Blood Type May be Making You Infertile
In 1968, Ortho developed the RhoGam (Rh immune globulin) shot that keeps a mother's blood from being sensitized to an Rh positive baby's blood, and now it's ... «The Stir, Oct 10»
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Brazil envoy donates blood to ailing lawyer
The RH factor usually is not checked in laboratories here. Ninety-nine percent of Filipinos have RH positive blood, which makes the negative blood very rare," ... «Inquirer.net, Jan 10»

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