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Noun: serum disease  'seer-um di'zeez
  1. A delayed allergic reaction to the injection of an antiserum caused by an antibody reaction to an antigen in the donor serum
    "The patient developed serum disease a week after receiving the antivenom";
    - serum sickness

Derived forms: serum diseases

Type of: allergic reaction, allergy

Encyclopedia: Serum disease