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Rh

1 American  

abbreviation

Physiology.
  1. Rh factor.


Rh 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. rhodium.


RH 3 American  
Or rh

abbreviation

Meteorology.
  1. relative humidity.


r.h. 4 American  

abbreviation

  1. right hand.


R.H. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. Royal Highness.


Rh 1 British  

symbol

  1. rhodium

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

abbreviation

  1. rhesus (esp in Rh factor )

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
RH 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Royal Highness

  2. (Republic of) Haiti (international car registration)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

rh 3 British  

abbreviation

  1. right hand

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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Local and regional blood banks are particularly low on platelets and types O and Rh negative blood, the department said Wednesday.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2023

The Rh blood group was first discovered in Rhesus monkeys.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Four percent of African Americans have type O blood and a negative Rh factor, 5−10 percent of African Americans have the Rh– factor, and 51 percent have type O blood.

From Textbooks • Mar. 27, 2020

Although dozens of Rh antigens have been identified, only one, designated D, is clinically important.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Rh is used in words derived from the Greek, as myrrh, myrrhine, catarrhous, rheum, rheumatick, rhyme.

From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Johnson, Samuel

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