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side effect

si·deef·fect

uncommon

noun

1.

a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy

  • “severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug”
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2.

any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

  • “a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal”
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