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Side effect
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- 1 An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.
"The processing of certain raw materials - pulp and paper, oil, and alumina, for example - can have substantial environmental side effects."
- 2 any adverse and unwanted secondary effect wordnet
- 3 An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.; An unintended consequence of a drug or therapy; usually an adverse effect, and not a beneficial one.
"“While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.”"
- 4 a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy wordnet
- 5 An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.; A change a in state outside of the local environment of the function being called.
"The Eiffel programming language is somewhat purist in insisting that functions have no side effects."
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