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erythroblastosis fetalis

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A severe hemolytic disease of a fetus or newborn infant caused by the production of maternal antibodies against the fetal red blood cells, usually involving Rh incompatibility between the mother and fetus.

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  • noun A medical condition where an rh negative mother's antibodies attack the red blood cells of an rh positive fetus.

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  • noun 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

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin erythroblastōsis fētālis : erythroblastōsis, erythroblastosis + fētālis, fetal.]

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