Rhesus

== 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) ==== Related terms ==== Rhesus factor Rhesus negative Rhesus positive Rhesus system === Anagrams === Husers, Husser, Suresh, Ushers, rushes, ushers == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ῥῆσος (Rhêsos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈrʰeː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɛː.s̬us] === Proper noun === Rhēsus m sg (genitive Rhēsī); second declension (Greek mythology) A mythological king of Thrace killed by Diomedes 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.