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rH
Rh"ti*an (?), a & n. Rhetain.
Rh"tic (?), a. [L. Rhaeticus Rhetain.] (Geol.) Pertining to, or of the same horizon as, certain Mesozoic strata of the Rhetain Alps. These strata are regarded as closing the Triassic period. See the Chart of Geology.
Rh"ti*zite (?), n. [So called from L. Rhaetia, Raetia, the Rhetain Alps, where it is found.] (Min.) A variety of the mineral cyanite.
The noun rH has 3 senses
1. rhodium, Rh, atomic_number_45 -- a white hard metallic element that is one of the platinum group and is found in platinum ores; used in alloys with platinum 2. releasing_hormone, RH, releasing_factor, hypothalamic_releasing_hormone, hypothalamic_releasing_factor -- 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 of these hormones causes the anterior pituitary to secrete a specific hormone 3. rhesus_factor, Rh_factor, Rh -- 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
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