English Explanatory Dictionary

side effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.
  2. An unintended consequence of a drug or therapy; usually an adverse effect, and not a beneficial one.
  3. A change a in state outside of the local environment of the function being called.

Pronunciation

En-au-side effect.ogg

Word forms

side effect side effects side-effect

Synonyms

by-product

Derived words

side-effect side-effect-free side-effecting

Translations

Arabic: أَثَر جَانِبِيّ Belarusian: пабо́чны эфе́кт Bulgarian: страни́чен ефе́кт Catalan: efecte secundari Chinese Mandarin: 副作用 Czech: vedlejší účinek Dutch: nevenwerking Dutch: neveneffect Esperanto: kromefiko Estonian: kõrvalmõju Finnish: sivuvaikutus French: effet secondaire German: Nebenwirkung German: Nebeneffekt Greek: παρενέργεια Hebrew: תּוֹפָעַת לְוַאי Hindi: दुष्प्रभाव Hungarian: mellékhatás Indonesian: efek samping Italian: effetto collaterale Japanese: 副作用 Korean: 부작용 Macedonian: нуспојава Norwegian Bokmål: bieffekt Polish: efekt uboczny Polish: skutek uboczny Portuguese: efeito colateral Russian: побо́чный эффе́кт Russian: побо́чное де́йствие Serbo-Croatian: ну̀спојава Serbo-Croatian: nùspojava Slovak: vedľajší účinok Spanish: efecto secundario Swedish: bieffekt Turkish: yan etki Ukrainian: побі́чний ефе́кт Ukrainian: побі́чна ді́я Yiddish: בײַעפֿעקט
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