Rh

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See also: rh, rḫ, and RH

Translingual

Symbol

Rh

(chemistry) rhodium.

English

Noun

Rh

(medicine) Abbreviation of Rhesus factor.
(medicine) Abbreviation of Rhesus.

Derived terms

Rh disease
Rh positive (pertaining to blood containing Rh factor D, one of 61 Rh factors)
Rh negative (pertaining to blood missing Rh factor D, one of 61 Rh factors)
Rh-null (pertaining to blood missing antigens for all 61 Rh factors)
RhD (Rh factor D)

Anagrams

H.R., HR, hr, hr.

Welsh

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): /r̥iː/
- (informal) IPA^(key): /r̥/

Letter

Rh (upper case, lower case rh)

The twenty-third letter of the Welsh alphabet, called rhi and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by R and followed by S.

Mutation

Rh at the beginning of words mutates to R in a soft mutation but is unchanged by nasal mutation and aspirate mutation, for example with the word rhedeg (“to run”):

Mutated forms of *rhedeg*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
rhedeg	redeg	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

See also

(Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “Rh”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Xhosa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /x/

Letter

Rh (lower case rh)

A digraph in Xhosa orthography.

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