ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erythroblastosis fetalis mean? 

• ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS (noun)
  The noun ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS has 1 sense:

1. severe anemia in newborn babies; the result of Rh incompatibility between maternal and fetal blood; typically occurs when the child of an Rh-negative mother inherits Rh-positive blood from the father; can be diagnosed before birth by amniocentesis

  Familiarity information: ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Severe anemia in newborn babies; the result of Rh incompatibility between maternal and fetal blood; typically occurs when the child of an Rh-negative mother inherits Rh-positive blood from the father; can be diagnosed before birth by amniocentesis

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("erythroblastosis fetalis" is a kind of...):

anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)