serum sickness

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English - Turkish
serum hastalığı
English - English
An allergylike reaction to proteins in antiserum derived from animal sources
a delayed allergic reaction to the injection of an antiserum caused by an antibody reaction to an antigen in the donor serum
A hypersensitive reaction to the administration of a foreign serum, characterized by fever, swelling, skin rash, and enlargement of the lymph nodes