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Side effect Common

Side effect has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy

"severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug"

2

any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

"a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal"

3

An unintended consequence of any action in addition to the intended consequence of that action.

See Also
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
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