RH POSITIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rh positive mean? 

• RH POSITIVE (noun)
  The noun RH POSITIVE has 1 sense:

1. the blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen)

  Familiarity information: RH POSITIVE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RH POSITIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The blood group (approximately 85% of people) whose red cells have the Rh factor (Rh antigen)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Rh-positive blood type; Rh positive

Hypernyms ("Rh positive" is a kind of...):

blood group; blood type (human blood cells (usually just the red blood cells) that have the same antigens)

 Context examples 

An immunoglobulin blood product given to the pregnant mother that helps to prevent the Rh negative mother from developing an antibody response to the Rh positive blood cells of the fetus.

(Human Rho(D) Immune Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)