rhesus
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rhe·sus
(rē′səs)n.
A rhesus monkey.
[Latin Rhēsus, a mythical king of Thrace, from Greek Rhēsos.]
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Rhesus
(ˈriːsəs)n
(Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a king of Thrace, who arrived in the tenth year of the Trojan War to aid Troy. Odysseus and Diomedes stole his horses because an oracle had said that if these horses drank from the River Xanthus, Troy would not fall
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Noun | 1. | rhesus - of southern Asia; used in medical research macaque - short-tailed monkey of rocky regions of Asia and Africa |
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rhesus
[ˈriːsəs]A. N
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rhesus
n → Rhesus m
rhesus
:rhesus baby
n → Rhesus-geschädigtes Baby
rhesus factor
n → Rhesusfaktor m
rhesus monkey
n → Rhesusaffe m
rhesus-positive
adj → Rhesus positiv
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