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Rh

1

abbreviation

Physiology.
  1. Rh factor.



Rh

2
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. rhodium.

RH

3
Or rh

abbreviation

Meteorology.
  1. relative humidity.

r.h.

4

abbreviation

  1. right hand.

R.H.

5

abbreviation

  1. Royal Highness.

Rh

1

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

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

abbreviation

  1. right hand

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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.

If she is, the doctor must offer to administer her Rh immunoglobulin.

In addition, red blood cells may have a protein called Rh factor.

Alexander Wiener is a figure right out of a med school textbook: The award-winning physician helped discover the Rh factor in blood and advanced the fields of forensic medicine and serology.

In 1937, Landsteiner and Alexander Wiener identified another essential feature of blood, the Rh factor, which explained blood incompatibilities between certain mothers and fetuses—a leading cause of stillbirths at the time.

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