TRANSFUSION REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transfusion reaction mean? 

• TRANSFUSION REACTION (noun)
  The noun TRANSFUSION REACTION has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: TRANSFUSION REACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSFUSION REACTION (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)

 Context examples 

The direct test is applied to red cells which have been coated with antibody in vivo (e.g., in hemolytic disease of newborn, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and transfusion reactions).

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