serum sickness

se·rum sick·ness

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Definitions of serum sickness words

noun serum sickness a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints. 1
noun serum sickness an allergic reaction, such as vomiting, skin rash, etc, that sometimes follows 2-3 weeks after an injection of a foreign serum 0

before 1910

One of the 15% newest English words

First recorded in 1910-15

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