serum eruption
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serum sickness — n an allergic reaction to the injection of foreign serum manifested by hives, swelling, eruption, arthritis, and fever called also serum disease * * * a reaction that sometimes occurs 7 12 days after injection of a quantity of foreign antigen and … Medical dictionary
serum sickness — Pathol. a generalized allergic reaction to a foreign serum or drug, characterized by fever, skin rash, enlarged lymph nodes, and painful joints. Also called serum disease. [1910 15] * * * ▪ allergic reaction an allergic (immune system… … Universalium
eruption — 1. A breaking out, especially the appearance of lesions on the skin. 2. A rapidly developing dermatosis of the skin or mucous membranes, especially when appearing as a local manifestation of one of the exanthemata; an e. is characterized,… … Medical dictionary
serum — n. (pl. sera or serums) 1 a an amber coloured liquid that separates from a clot when blood coagulates. b whey. 2 Med. blood serum (usu. from a non human mammal) as an antitoxin or therapeutic agent, esp. in inoculation. 3 a watery fluid in animal … Useful english dictionary
serum sickness — noun Date: circa 1913 an allergic reaction to the injection of foreign serum manifested by hives, swelling, eruption, arthritis, and fever … New Collegiate Dictionary
Drug eruption — Classification and external resources Examples of drug eruptions. (A) Bullous dermatitis caused by sulfathiazole (B) Fixed drug eruption caused by phenolphtalein (C) Bullous erythema multiforme (D) Diffuse photosensitivity reaction … Wikipedia
ALLERGIE ET HYPERSENSIBILITÉ — Si les affections aujourd’hui appelées «allergiques» ont été connues depuis les temps les plus reculés, leur interprétation causale a dérouté longtemps les esprits les plus sagaces. Les stigmates cliniques de la plupart des affections allergiques … Encyclopédie Universelle
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
rash — Lay term for a cutaneous eruption. [O. Fr. rasche, skin eruption, fr. L. rado, pp. rasus, to scratch, scrape] antitoxin r. a cutaneous manifestation of serum sickness. black currant r. the … Medical dictionary
Norfloxacin — Systematic (IUPAC) name 1 ethyl 6 fluoro 4 oxo 7 piperazin 1 yl 1H quinoline 3 carboxylic acid Clinical data Trade names … Wikipedia
