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TRANSFUSION REACTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reaction of the body to a transfusion of blood that is not compatible with its own blood; an adverse reaction can range from fever and hives to renal failure and shock and death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("transfusion reaction" is a kind of...):
reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)