serum sickness

noun

Definition of SERUM SICKNESS

: an allergic reaction to the injection of foreign serum manifested by hives, swelling, eruption, arthritis, and fever

circa 1913

Medical Dictionary

noun

: 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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