| immediate posttraumatic automatism | A posttraumatic state in which the patient performs automatically without immediate or later memory of that behaviour. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| immediate posttraumatic convulsion | A convulsion beginning very soon after injury. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immediate reaction | Local or generalised response that begins within a few minutes to about an hour after exposure to an antigen to which the individual has been sensitised. See: skin test, wheal-and-erythema reaction. Synonym: early reaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immediate transfusion | Transfusion of blood from the donor to the receptor, either through a tube connecting their blood or by suturing the vessels together. Synonym: immediate transfusion. (05 Mar 2000) |