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English
Etymology
So named because the first identified antigen (RhD) was originally believed to be the same as one discovered in rhesus macaques.
Pronunciation
Noun
Rhesus
- (medicine, attributive, also without cap.) Denotes a system for categorising human blood types based on the presence or absence of various antigens, especially Rhesus factor D.
- Synonym: Rh (abbreviation)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ῥῆσος (Rhêsos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Rhēsus m sg (genitive Rhēsī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) A mythological king of Thrace killed by Diomede and Ulysses
- A river in Troas, Turkey
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Rhesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Rhesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.