Side effect — can mean:* Adverse drug reaction, an unintended consequence specifically arising from drug therapy * Therapeutic effect, an unintended but desirable consequence of any kind of medical treatment * Adverse effect (medicine), an unintended, and… … Wikipedia
Side Effect — were an influential Disco band that recorded between 1972 and 1995. The group formed in Los Angeles in May 1972, when they started out as an all male trio and consisted of Louis Patton, Gregory Matta and leader Augie Johnson. [http://www.allmusic … Wikipedia
Side Effect — [engl.], Nebenwirkung … Universal-Lexikon
side effect — A result of drug or other therapy in addition to or in extension of the desired therapeutic effect; usually but not necessarily, connoting an undesirable effect. Although technically the therapeutic effect carried beyond the desired limit ( e.g … Medical dictionary
side effect — 1. any effect of a drug, chemical, or other medicine that is in addition to its intended effect, esp. an effect that is harmful or unpleasant. 2. any accompanying or consequential and usually detrimental effect: the side effects of air pollution … Universalium
Side effect (computer science) — In computer science, a function or expression is said to produce a side effect if it modifies some state in addition to returning a value. For example, a function might modify a global or a static variable, modify one of its arguments, write data … Wikipedia
side effect — noun a) An unintended consequence of any action in addition to the intended consequence of that action. Eiffel is somewhat purist about insisting that functions have no side effects. b) An adverse effect, an unintended consequence of a drug or… … Wiktionary
side effect — noun Date: 1884 a secondary and usually adverse effect (as of a drug) < toxic side effects > called also side reaction … New Collegiate Dictionary
side-effect — n. an unwanted effect produced by a drug in addition to its desired therapeutic effects. Side effects are often undesirable and may be harmful … Medical dictionary
side effect — Synonyms and related words: accession, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, afterbirth, afterclap, aftercrop, aftereffect, afterglow, aftergrowth, afterimage, aftermath … Moby Thesaurus
