Definition of Rh positive

1. Noun. The blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen).

Exact synonyms: Rh-positive Blood Type
Generic synonyms: Blood Group, Blood Type

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rh Positive

Reynolds pentad
Reynoldsian
Rezekne
Rg Veda
Rgveda
Rgvedic
Rh-negative blood
Rh-negative blood type
Rh-positive blood type
Rh antibody
Rh antigens
Rh blocking test
Rh incompatibility
Rh negative
Rh null syndrome
Rh positive (current term)
Rhabditis
Rhabditis-like
Rhabdoviridae
Rhadamanthus
Rhadamanthuses
Rhadamnathus
Rhaetian
Rhaeto-Romance
Rhaeto-Romanic
Rhagoletis
Rhagoletis pomonella
Rhamadan
Rhamnaceae
Rhamnales

Literary usage of Rh positive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Burden of Suffering: Rh incompatibility occurs when an Rh-negative woman is pregnant with an Rh-positive fetus. This occurs in 9-10% of pregnancies.1 If no ..."

2. Code of Federal Regulations by U.s. Gpo (2005)
"(i) If the test using Anti-D Blood Grouping Reagent is positive, the product shall be labeled: "Rh positive." (ii) If the test using Anti-D Blood Grouping ..."

3. Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion & Disease by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"The sensi- tization can occur when a mother has Rh negative blood and the fetus' type is Rh positive. It can be prevented by administering a blood ..."

4. Blood Supply: FDA Oversight and Remaining Issues of Safety edited by Marcia G. Crosse (1999)
"Next to it in importance is the Rh system, which designates a person's blood as being either "Rh positive" or "Rh negative." Among the many other blood ..."

5. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"... developed by the Rh negative mother to the child's Rh positive blood. Trauma is not a very common prenatal cause of cerebral palsy. ..."

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