Definition of Rh-positive

1. Adjective. Of persons (or their blood) having the Rh factor present in their red blood cells.

Antonyms: Rh-negative

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rh-positive

rezip
rezone
rezoned
rezones
rezoning
rezonings
rezulin
rezzed
rezzes
rezzing
reëdit
rgds
rh
rh-hr blood-group system
rh-negative
rh-positive (current term)
rh factor
rh isoimmunization
rhabarbarate
rhabarbarin
rhabarbarine
rhabarberone
rhabd-
rhabdiasoidea
rhabdite
rhabdites
rhabditida
rhabditida infections
rhabditiform
rhabditiform larva

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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