NOUN | state | side effect | a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy |
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phenomenon | side effect, fallout | any adverse and unwanted secondary effect |
Meaning | A secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy. | |
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Example | "severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug" | |
Narrower | hairy tongue, furry tongue, black tongue | A benign side effect of some antibiotics |
Broader | effect | A symptom caused by an illness or a drug |
Spanish | efecto secundario | |
Catalan | efecte secundari |
Meaning | Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect. | |
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Synonym | fallout | |
Broader | consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot | A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon |
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