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ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("erythroblastosis fetalis" is a kind of...):
anaemia; anemia (a deficiency of red blood cells)
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