Definitions of side effect [ˈsaɪ dɪd]

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Definition of 'side effect'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) side effect
an often adverse effect, as of a drug, that is secondary to the primary effect.

Etymology: (1880–85)

Definition of 'side effect'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) side effect
a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy
"severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug"

2. (noun) side effect, fallout
any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
"a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal"

Definition of 'side effect'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) side effect
sth that happens as a result of sth else
side effects of the drug

Translation of 'side effect'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an additional (often bad) effect of a drug etc These pills have unpleasant side effects.
Afrikaans: newe-effek	Arabic: تأثير جانِبي	Bulgarian: страничен ефект
Brazilian: efeito secundário	Czech: vedlejší účinnek	German: die Nebenwirkung
Danish: bivirkning	Greek: παρενέργεια	Spanish: efecto secundario
Estonian: kõrvalmõju	Farsi: اثر جانبي	Finnish: sivuvaikutus
French: effet secondaire	Hebrew: תוֹפָעַת לְווַאי	Hindi: दवाई का दुष्प्रभाव
Croatian: nuzgredna pojava, nuspoja	Hungarian: mellékhatás	Indonesian: dampak sampingan
Icelandic: auka-/hliðarverkun	Italian: effetto collaterale	Japanese: 副作用
Korean: 부작용	Lithuanian: šalutinis poveikis	Latvian: blakusefekts; blakusiedar
Malay: kesan sampingan	Dutch: bijwerking	Norwegian: bivirkning
Polish: skutki uboczne	Persian: اثر جانبي	Pashto: جانبى اثر
Portuguese: efeito secundário	Romanian: efect secundar	Russian: побочное действие
Slovak: vedľajší účinok	Slovenian: stranski pojav	Serbian: kontraindikacija
Swedish: biverkning	Thai: ผลข้างเคียง	Turkish: yan etki
Taiwanese: 藥物(不良的)副作用	Ukrainian: побічний ефект	Urdu: ضمنی اثرات
Vietnamese: tác động thứ yếu	Chinese: （药的）副作用
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