erythroblastosisfetalis

erythroblastosis fe·ta·lis (fē-tāʹlĭs) n.

A severe hemolytic disease of a fetus or newborn infant caused by the production of maternal antibodies against the fetal red blood cells, usually involving Rh incompatibility between the mother and fetus.

  [New Latin erythroblastōsis fētālis: erythroblastōsis, erythroblastosis + fētālis, fetal.]

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