Rh Negative Synonyms and Antonyms

ärāch-nĕgə-tĭv
Of persons (or their blood) lacking the Rh factor present in their red blood cells
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. Rh-negative blood type
  2. Rh-negative blood
Antonyms:
  1. rh positive

Rh Negative Sentence Examples

  • An Rh-negative mother who was exposed to her fetus's Rh-positive blood during a previous pregnancy or delivery or who has accidentally received an Rh-positive blood transfusion has antibodies against Rh-positive blood cells.

  • Rh disease, for example, has been controlled by the advent of anti-Rh globulin; its administration to Rh-negative mothers has reduced one risk factor for CP.

  • Rh disease in the newborn is rare in developed countries due to routine screening of maternal blood type and routine prevention of anti-Rh antibodies in Rh negative women after each birth of an Rh positive infant.

  • Complications may arise if an Rh-negative mother is carrying an Rh-positive child.

  • Rh incompatibility may develop when a woman with Rh-negative blood becomes pregnant by a man with Rh-positive blood and conceives a fetus with Rh-positive blood.

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