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Definition of Side effect

1. Noun. A secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy. "Severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug"

2. Noun. Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect. "A strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal"

Definition of Side effect

1. Noun. (idiomatic) An unintended consequence of any action in addition to the intended consequence of that action. ¹

2. Noun. (idiomatic medicine) An adverse effect, an unintended consequence of a drug or therapy; usually not a beneficial effect. ¹

3. Noun. (computing) A change in state caused by a function call (typically "side-effect"). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Side effect

1. A consequence other than the one for which an agent or measure is used, as the adverse effects produced by a drug, especially on a tissue or organ system other than the one sought to be benefited by its administration. For example: hair loss may be a side effect of chemotherapy, fatigue may be a side effect of radiation therapy. (14 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Side Effect

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Literary usage of Side effect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Drug Lag: Federal Government Decision Making by Rita Ricardo-Campbell (1976)
"The uncertainty of a low probability of a serious side effect of an ... The rarer the disease and/or the side effect, the more likely that this would be the ..."

2. Interstate Transportation of Human Pathogens: Hearing Before the Committee by Orrin G. Hatch (1999)
"... such as pallidotomy or thalamotomy. structive lesion because of the high risk of inducing a side effect. An example is the subthalamic nucleus (STN). ..."

3. Medical Devices: Technological Innovation and Patient-Provider Perspectives edited by Michael Bilirakis (1999)
"Target sites in the brain can be chosen for DBS that are not candidates for a destructive lesion because of the high risk of inducing a side effect. ..."

4. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Cough was the most prominent side effect and seemed to be related to irritant ... Cough was a limiting side effect and was presumably due to an irritant ..."

5. Second Report of the Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of ...by Scott M. Grundy by Scott M. Grundy (1997)
"In general, side effect symptoms are more likely to appear just after you ... If side effect symptoms are intolerable, reduce your total daily dose by one ..."

6. Valuing Rural Amenities by United States Dept. of Agriculture (2000)
"Although being an unintended side-effect of a policy with non-commodity goals, output-price changes affect consumers' well-being. Hence, valuing these price ..."

7. Drug Labeling In Developing Countriesby DIANE Publishing Company by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"Each drug selected had some significant side effect or contraindication. ... in the United States with complete side effect and warning information (223). ..."

8. Key Issues for Transport Beyond 2000: Introductory Reports and Summary of by Ecmt, (Paris) European Conference of Ministers, SourceOECD (Online service) (2002)
"This is mostly due to the fact that the short-term demand side effect will cease, ... The supply side effect is directly connected to the improvement of ..."

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