serum sickness
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nounDefinition of SERUM SICKNESS
: an allergic reaction to the injection of foreign serum manifested by hives, swelling, eruption, arthritis, and fever
First Known Use of SERUM SICKNESS
circa 1913
serum sickness
noun (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of SERUM SICKNESS
: an allergic reaction to the injection of foreign serum manifested by hives, swelling, eruption, arthritis, and fever—called also serum disease
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