"adverse event" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adverse events [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} adverse event (plural adverse events)
  1. (health sciences, medicine) Any occurrence that has any negative (deleterious) influence (in any degree from mild to severe). Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-adverse_event-en-noun-en:any_happening_that_is_bad__regardless_of_causality Categories (other): English terms with collocations Topics: health, medicine, sciences
  2. adverse events in the control group
    Sense id: en-adverse_event-en-noun-mive6Y6k Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75

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