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

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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)

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