Rh

Definitions: Rh

Rh

Noun

1. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people; if an Rh-negative person receives a blood transfusion from an Rh-positive person it can result in hemolysis and anemia.

2. A white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum.

3. Any of several hormones produced in the hypothalamus and carried by a vein to the anterior pituitary gland where they stimulate the release of anterior pituitary hormones; each releasing hormone causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Rh" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Rh

Crosswords: Rh

Books

• Rh Webster's Pocket Reference (reference)

• Rh Webster's Unabridged Encycl (reference)

• The Three Investigators in the Case of the Savage Statue (Find Your Fate Mystery, Rh No 8) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Rh En Rhone-alpes (reference)

• Rh Quebec (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Symphony 1-4 Complete/Variations Haydn/Alto Rh (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Jasco 09 RH SN Robe Hook, Satin Nickel (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

[Working at the Rh factor bench].Credit: National Library of Medicine.

The figure of the Indians' fort or palizado in New England and the manner of the destroying it by Captayne Underhill and Captayne Mason / RH.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

The potential for alloimmunization is present, as demonstrated by the infrequent formation of Rh antibodies. (references)

The possibility of Rh immunization by red cells contained in platelet concentrates should be considered in female recipients. (references)

Rh incompatibility is easily identified by a simple blood test routinely performed on expectant mothers and, if indicated, expectant fathers. (references)

Business

Developed countries generally use the three-way converter (TWC), which uses the precious metals pt, pd, and rh as catalysts. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "Rh": Rh antibody ♦ Rh clinic ♦ Rh factor ♦ Rh incompatibility ♦ Rh Isoimmunization ♦ rH meter ♦ Rh negative ♦ Rh positive. Additional references.

Beginning with "Rh": Rh-Hr Blood-Group System, rh-negative, Rh-negative blood type, rh-positive, Rh-positive blood type.

Ending with "Rh": LH-RH.

Czech

rh faktor (rh factor, rhesus, rhesus factor). (various references)

Danish

rH2, rH. (various references)

Dutch

rH (releasing factor, releasing hormone). (various references)

Finnish

rH. (various references)

French

rH2, rH. (various references)

German

rH-Wert. (various references)

Greek 

rH-μετρο (rH meter), έλεγχος ασυμβατότητας ABO-Rh (Rh clinic), παράγοντας Ρέζους (Rh group, rhesus factor), χιτώνιο κυκλοφορίας αέρα μετάκαυσης (reheat ventilation shroud, RH ventilation shroud), χιτώνιο μετακαυστήρα (post-combustion liner, reheat liner, RH liner), αντιγόνο Rh (Rh antigen), αεραγωγός ακροφυσίου εξαγωγής μετάκαυσης (reheat tail pipe nozzle, RH tail pipe nozzle), δεξιό τμήμα αισθητήρων θερμοκρασίας και καλωδίωσης (Rh thermocouple lead assembly, Rh thermocouple lead assy, right hand thermocouple lead assembly, right hand thermocouple lead assy). (various references)

Italian

rH2, rH (releasing factor, releasing hormone). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

アーリア人 (art deco, art nouveau, Aryan, climbing irons, crampons, eye, eye shadow, eyeshade, frozen treat similar to a Popsicle, IACA, ice, ice candy, ice cream, ice cream soda, ice cube, ice dancing, ice hockey, ice pail, ice pick, ice rink, ice show, ice skating place, ice smack, ice tongs, icebox, icecream sundae, iced coffee, iced tea, icefall, Iceland, ice-skating, icetea, icing, icing the puck, icon, iconify, ILO, IMF, intelligence quotient, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Labor Organization, International Monetary Fund, ion, IQ, iron, iron club, measure of area, metal pins of climbing shoes, popsicle, Rhesus factor, skating rink, to take the radius). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

アールエイチ (Rhesus factor). (various references)

Pig Latin

rhay

Portuguese

rH (releasing factor, releasing hormone). (various references)

Russian 

резус (bandar, rhesus). (various references)

Spanish

rH. (various references)

Swedish

rH. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "Rh": rhabdocoele, rhabdocoeles, rhabdom, rhabdomancer, rhabdomancers, rhabdomancies, rhabdomancy, rhabdome, rhabdomere, rhabdomeres, rhabdomes, rhabdoms, rhabdomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcomas, rhabdomyosarcomata, rhabdovirus, rhabdoviruses, rhachides, rhachis, rhachises, rhadamanthine, rhamnose, rhamnoses, rhamnus, rhamnuses, rhaphae, rhaphe, rhaphes, rhapsode, rhapsodes, rhapsodic, rhapsodical, rhapsodically, rhapsodies, rhapsodist, rhapsodists, rhapsodize, rhapsodized, rhapsodizes, rhapsodizing, rhapsody, rhatanies, rhatany, rhea, rheas, rhebok, rheboks, rhematic, rhenium, rheniums, rheobase. (additional references)

Words ending with "Rh": catarrh, myrrh. (additional references)

Words containing "Rh": achlorhydria, achlorhydrias, achlorhydric, airhead, airheaded, airheads, airhole, airholes, amenorrhea, amenorrheas, amenorrheic, antiarrhythmic, antiarrhythmics, antidiarrheal, antirheumatic, antirheumatics, antirrhinum, antirrhinums, arhat, arhats, arhatship, arhatships, arrhizal, arrhythmia, arrhythmias, arrhythmic, bachelorhood, bachelorhoods, bacteriorhodopsin, bacteriorhodopsins, barhop, barhopped, barhopping, barhops, bearhug, bearhugs, berhyme, berhymed, berhymes, berhyming, biorhythm, biorhythmic, biorhythms, brotherhood, brotherhoods, carhop, carhops, catarrhal, catarrhally, catarrhine, catarrhines. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+1 letter: her, rah, rho.

+2 letters: arch, buhr, char, haar, hair, hard, hare, hark, harl, harm, harp, hart, hear, heir, herb, herd, here, herl, herm, hern, hero, hers, hire, hoar, hoer, hora, horn, hour, hurl, hurt, lehr, rash, rath, resh, rhea, rhos, rhus, rich, rush, ruth, shri, tahr, thir, thro, thru, whir.

+3 letters: aargh, abhor, airth, arhat, berth, birch, birth, brach, brash, broth, brugh, brush, buhrs, burgh, chair, chard, chare, chark, charm, charr, chars, chart, chary, cheer, chert, chirk, chirm, chiro, chirp, chirr, choir, chord, chore, churl, churn, churr, crash, crush, crwth, curch, earth, ephor, ether, firth, forth, fresh, frith, frosh, froth, garth, gerah, girsh, girth, graph, grith, gursh, haars, hairs, hairy, haler, hards, hardy, hared, harem, hares, harks, harls, harms, harps, harpy, harry, harsh, harts, hater, haver, hayer, hazer, heard, hears, heart, heder, heirs, henry, herbs, herby, herds, heres, herls, herma, herms, herns, heron, heros, herry, hertz, hewer, hexer, hider, hiker, hilar, hired, hirer, hires, hoard, hoars, hoary, hoers, homer, honer, honor, hoper, horah, horal, horas, horde, horns, horny, horse, horst, horsy, houri, hours, hover, huger, humor, hurds, hurls, hurly, hurry, hurst, hurts, hydra, hydro, hyper, hyrax, ichor, ihram, ither, lahar, larch, lehrs, lurch, march, marsh, mirth, mohur, morph, myrrh, north, ocher, ochre, ochry, orach, ortho, other, parch, perch, porch, prahu, qursh, rajah, ralph, ranch, raphe, ratch, rathe, rayah, reach, rehab, rehem, retch, rheas, rheum, rhino, rhomb, rhumb, rhyme, rhyta, right, rishi, roach, rotch, rough, routh, rowth, ruche, rushy, ruths, shard, share, shark, sharn, sharp, shear, sheer, sherd, shier, shire, shirk, shirr, shirt, shoer, shore, shorl, shorn, short, shred, shrew, shris, shrub, shrug, shyer, surah, tahrs, tharm, their, there, therm, third, thirl, thorn, thoro, thorp, thraw, three, threw, thrip, throb, throe, throw, thrum, thurl, torah, torch, trash, troth, truth, usher, wharf, where, whirl, whirr, whirs, whore, whorl, whort, worth, wrath, wroth, yirth, zorch.

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