ALL meanings of rh positive
Rh pos·i·tive
R r - adjective rh positive See under Rh factor. 1
- noun rh positive any of a type of specific antigen present on the surface of red blood cells, persons having inherited such antigens being designated Rh+ (Rh positive) and persons lacking them, a much smaller group, being designated Rh− (Rh negative) blood of Rh− persons is incompatible with Rh+ blood because of antibody reaction, and an Rh− woman who bears an Rh+ baby will have formed antibodies to the fetal blood that, unless removed from her bloodstream by apheresis in a subsequent pregnancy, will be carried across the placenta and destroy red blood cells of the next Rh+ fetus, resulting in erythroblastosis in the newborn. 1
- noun rh positive blood containing the Rh factor 0
- noun rh positive a person having such blood 0
- adjective rh positive containing the Rh factor 0
- adjective rh positive having such blood 0
- noun rh positive having Rh factor 0