SIDE EFFECT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does side effect mean? 

• SIDE EFFECT (noun)
  The noun SIDE EFFECT has 2 senses:

1. a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy

2. any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

  Familiarity information: SIDE EFFECT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIDE EFFECT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug

Hypernyms ("side effect" is a kind of...):

effect (a symptom caused by an illness or a drug)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "side effect"):

black tongue; furry tongue; hairy tongue (a benign side effect of some antibiotics; dark overgrowth of the papillae of the tongue)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

fallout; side effect

Context example:

a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal

Hypernyms ("side effect" is a kind of...):

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot (a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon)

 Context examples 

A question about whether an individual is or has been bothered by the side effects of their treatment.

(Bothered By Side Effects of Treatment, NCI Thesaurus)

Other causes include other diseases, side effects of medicines, and a lack of certain nutrients in your diet.

(Blood Disorders, NIH)

Methylnaltrexone binds to opioid receptors outside the brain and may block the side effects of opioid drugs without affecting their ability to relieve pain.

(Methylnaltrexone, NCI Dictionary)

The MTD is determined in clinical trials by testing increasing doses on different groups of people until the highest dose with acceptable side effects is found.

(MTD, NCI Dictionary)

It is a side effect of some cancer treatments.

(Myeloablation, NCI Dictionary)

Bloating can also be a side effect of cancer or cancer treatment.

(Bloating, NCI Dictionary)

Bleeding disorders can also be a side effect of medicines.

(Bleeding Disorders, NIH)

Your surgeon can tell you which side effects to expect.

(After Surgery, Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research)

Amoxapine also binds to alpha-adrenergic, histaminergic, and cholinergic receptors which accounts for many of the side effects seen with this agent.

(Amoxapine, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, the liposomal form has decreased side effects of conventional Amphotericin.

(Amphotericin B Liposomal, NCI Thesaurus)