Synonyms for side effect
side ef·fect

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1. side effectnoun

   Synonyms:
   unintentional, untoward, by-product

2. side effectnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   untoward, by-product, unintentional

3. side effectnoun

   An adverse effect, an unintended consequence of a drug or therapy; usually not a beneficial effect.

   Synonyms:
   unintentional, by-product, untoward

4. side effectnoun

   A change in state caused by a function call (typically side-effect).

   Eiffel is somewhat purist about insisting that functions have no side effects.

   Synonyms:
   unintentional, untoward, by-product

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1. side effectnoun

   a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy

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

   Synonyms:
   fallout

2. side effect, falloutnoun

   any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

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

   Synonyms:
   radioactive dust, fallout

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1. United States:

   Over 50 million doses have been distributed, and this rare side effect has only been described in a handful of cases, in contrast, meningitis is a well-known complication of chickenpox and pose a far greater risk to children.

2. Dyan Hes:

   So most of the drugs on the market that are appetite suppressants or work on the appetite regulatory system have some kind of central nervous system side effect, because any time you affect any neurotransmitter in the brain regarding appetite, there's always going to be another systemic effect of some system, whether it's moodiness or it can affect depression or it can affect headaches, this is really, clearly just focused on the physicality of being more full.

3. Kara Richardson Whitely:

   Maybe they'll buy my book, but also leave with a little something to get them on their way to their own adventure, maybe it's a water bottle, which is where I started my first journey, with a Naglene, or a trail book. The side effect will be that more people are actually get out and feeling comfortable being part of this club, this group.

4. Dileep Yavagal:

   The effort in my laboratory for the last six years has been exactly to see how one can avoid these cells clogging the blood vessels, and what we’ve proven now and published is that the dose of the cells is what matters, the side effects are dose dependent, when you lower the dose from what was used in the past, the side effect goes away.

5. Promee Tasneem:

   I had become fairer, but I had also started developing red rashes below my eyes, which was where I would put more of the cream, soon, my eyes started watering all the time and I went to a doctor who told me that what's happening to me is a side-effect of the creams I am using.