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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

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Although most people are familiar with the ABO and Rh blood groups, those are only part of a much larger biological system.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

For most transfusions, ABO and Rh compatibility receive the most attention.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

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 few people who do not have the Rh antigen and are Rh– can develop anti-Rh antibodies if exposed to Rh+ blood.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

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

From A Grammar of the English Tongue by Samuel Johnson

The guidance comes as RH reported lower revenue for its latest quarter, dented by higher back-order and special order balances as a result of tariff-related resourcing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

RH said revenue was hurt by about $45 million tied to higher backorder and special order balances, which were about $75 million higher than the year-ago period due to tariff-related resourcing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

RH believes there is a potential tailwind of strong spending from wealthy consumers and a generational transfer of $30 trillion to $38 trillion in the next decade.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Home goods retailer RH has an ambitious expansion plan.

From Barron's ● Apr. 1, 2026

A is the anchor, RH the scape-wheels, and S the pallets.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various

A grassroots endeavor to preserve Pioneer Square succeeded in 1969, when protests against the proposed R.H.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2021

It was this haiku, written by the Japanese master Matsuo Basho and translated by R.H.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 8, 2021

While exploring the wreckage about 120 feet down, Fine found a dog tag belonging to R.H.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2021

I was awed by the book itself, a 1930 edition from something called Three Sirens Press, “for R.H. Macy & Co.,” with exquisite black-and-white line drawings by Lyle Justis and pages cut by hand.

From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2020

These men came as enlisted soldiers and were under the command of Captain, later Major, R.H.

From The University of Michigan by Wilfred Shaw

In Welsh in the case of r, l, the absolute initial is a voiceless r, l written rh, ll, which on mutation become voiced and are written r, l.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

In the mouth of an Arab the sound is that of the guttural ghain, which is pronounced by the Berbers and Negroes somewhat like the Northumberland burr, hence usually transliterated by rh in non-Semitic words.

From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon

There is a constant tendency to change these to an ordinary dental r and rh; thus, ghōḍā, pronounced ghōṛā or ghōrā.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

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