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Rh incompatibility
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | Rh incompatibility - incompatibility of Rh blood types; a transfusion of Rh-positive blood given to a Rh-negative person (or vice versa) can result in hemolysis and anemiaincompatibility - (immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue) |
Rh incompatibility
Rh incompatibility[¦är¦āch ‚in·kəm‚pad·ə′bil·əd·ē] (medicine) A condition in which red blood cells of the fetus become coated with immunoglobulin G antibody (Rh antibody) of maternal origin which is directed against Rh-D antigen of paternal origin that is present on fetal cells. Rh incompatibility
Rh incompatibility Transfusion medicine An incompatibility in Rh types between a donor and recipient, or between an fetus–who is Rh positive, and the mother–who is negative and produces antibodies against the fetus' RBCs, which pass to the placenta, and cause HDN. See Hemolytic disease of the newborn. Rh incompatibility
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