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Noun: serum sickness
  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 sickness a week after receiving the antivenom";
    - serum disease

Type of: allergic reaction, allergy

Encyclopedia: Serum sickness