adverse effect

English

Noun

adverse effect (plural adverse effects)

(sciences) A side effect with negative (deleterious) consequences rather than positive (beneficial) ones; especially, such an effect in pharmacology.
Antonym: desired effect

Hypernyms: adverse event (loosely synonymous), side effect (loosely synonymous)

Translations

side-effect, especially a negative one in pharmacology

Finnish: haittavaikutus (fi), sivuvaikutus (fi)
German: Nebenwirkung (de) f
Polish: skutek uboczny m
Vietnamese: tác dụng có hại

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