Medical Definition of Rhesus incompatibility

1. A blood incompatibility between the mother and her baby. During childbirth if the mother is Rh negative and the baby is Rh positive, blood can enter the maternal circulation (from the baby) sensitising the mother against Rh factor. The mother's immune system will produce antibodies to Rh factor. In subsequent pregnancies, these maternal Rh antibodies can mix into the foetal circulation during childbirth. This will cause the rupture (haemolytic anaemia) of the baby's red blood cells. See: newborn jaundice. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhesus Incompatibility

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rheotome
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rheotrope
rheotropism
Rhese projection
rhestocythemia
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Rhesus blood group
rhesus disease
rhesus factor
rhesus incompatibility (current term)
rhesus monkey
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rhetorical device
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