RH INCOMPATIBILITY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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 anemia

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Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

incompatibility ((immunology) the degree to which the body's immune system will try to reject foreign material (as transfused blood or transplanted tissue))

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