"side effect" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-side effect.ogg [Australia] Forms: side effects [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} side effect (plural side effects)
  1. An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.
    (medicine) An unintended consequence of a drug or therapy; usually an adverse effect, not a beneficial effect.
    Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: by-product, side-effect Derived forms: side-effecting Coordinate_terms: aftereffect Translations (medicine: an adverse effect): efecte secundari (Catalan), 副作用 (fùzuòyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), nevenwerking [feminine] (Dutch), sivuvaikutus (Finnish), effet secondaire [masculine] (French), effet indésirable [masculine] (French), Nebenwirkung [feminine] (German), παρενέργεια (parenérgeia) [feminine] (Greek), mellékhatás (Hungarian), fo-iamhairt [feminine] (Irish), fo-iarsma [masculine] (Irish), effetto collaterale [masculine] (Italian), 副作用 (fukusayō) (alt: ふくさよう) (Japanese), 부작용 (bujagyong) (alt: 副作用) (Korean), blakne [feminine] (Latvian), bivirkning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), biverknad [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), efekt uboczny [masculine] (Polish), efeito colateral [masculine] (Portuguese), efect secundar (Romanian), побо́чный эффе́кт (pobóčnyj effékt) [masculine] (Russian), ну̀спојава [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nùspojava [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), efecto secundario [masculine] (Spanish), biverkan [common-gender] (Swedish), biverkning [common-gender] (Swedish), ผลข้างเคียง (pǒn-kâang-kiiang) (Thai), ཞོར་རྐྱེན (zhor rkyen) (Tibetan), yan etki (Turkish), sgileffaith [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-side_effect-en-noun-pEusKr0M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'medicine: an adverse effect': 59 21 20
  2. An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.
    (programming) A change in state outside of the local environment of the function being called.
    Categories (topical): Programming Translations (computing: a state change caused by a function call): vedlejší účinek [masculine] (Czech), sivuvaikutus (Finnish), effet de bord [masculine] (French), Nebeneffekt [masculine] (German), Seiteneffekt [masculine] (German), mellékhatás (Hungarian), kísérő jelenség (Hungarian), fo-iarsma [masculine] (Irish), 副作用 (fukusayō) (alt: ふくさよう) (Japanese), 부작용 (bujagyong) (alt: 副作用) (Korean), efekt uboczny [masculine] (Polish), побо́чный эффе́кт (pobóčnyj effékt) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-side_effect-en-noun-4UfNlbY0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: a state change caused by a function call': 11 78 11
  3. An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.
    Sense id: en-side_effect-en-noun-wM6veY6Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (unintended consequence of any action): أَثَر جَانِبِيّ (ʔaṯar jānibiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), пабо́чны эфе́кт (pabóčny efjékt) [masculine] (Belarusian), страни́чен ефе́кт (straníčen efékt) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 副作用 (fùzuòyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), vedlejší účinek [masculine] (Czech), nevenwerking [feminine] (Dutch), neveneffect [neuter] (Dutch), kromefiko (Esperanto), kõrvalmõju (Estonian), sivuvaikutus (Finnish), effet secondaire [masculine] (French), Nebenwirkung [feminine] (German), Nebeneffekt [masculine] (German), παρενέργεια (parenérgeia) [feminine] (Greek), תּוֹפָעַת לְוַאי (tofa'át lvay) [feminine] (Hebrew), mellékhatás (Hungarian), effetto collaterale [masculine] (Italian), 副作用 (fukusayō) (alt: ふくさよう) (Japanese), 부작용 (bujagyong) (alt: 副作用) (Korean), нуспојава (nuspojava) [feminine] (Macedonian), bieffekt [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), efekt uboczny [masculine] (Polish), skutek uboczny [masculine] (Polish), efeito colateral [masculine] (Portuguese), побо́чный эффе́кт (pobóčnyj effékt) [masculine] (Russian), побо́чное де́йствие (pobóčnoje déjstvije) [neuter] (Russian), ну̀спојава [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nùspojava [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vedľajší účinok [masculine] (Slovak), efecto secundario [masculine] (Spanish), bieffekt [common-gender] (Swedish), yan etki (Turkish), побі́чний ефе́кт (pobíčnyj efékt) [masculine] (Ukrainian), побі́чна ді́я (pobíčna díja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), בײַעפֿעקט (bayefekt) [masculine] (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'unintended consequence of any action': 33 33 33

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      "tags": [
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      "word": "kromefiko"
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      "sense": "unintended consequence of any action",
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      "word": "sivuvaikutus"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Nebenwirkung"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "yan etki"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "efecte secundari"
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      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "word": "副作用"
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      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
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      "word": "nevenwerking"
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      "word": "sivuvaikutus"
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      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "effet secondaire"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "effet indésirable"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Nebenwirkung"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "parenérgeia",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "παρενέργεια"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "word": "mellékhatás"
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    },
    {
      "alt": "ふくさよう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukusayō",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "word": "副作用"
    },
    {
      "alt": "副作用",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bujagyong",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "word": "부작용"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blakne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bivirkning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biverknad"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "efekt uboczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "efeito colateral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "word": "efect secundar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pobóčnyj effékt",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "побо́чный эффе́кт"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ну̀спојава"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nùspojava"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "efecto secundario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "biverkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "biverkning"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "pǒn-kâang-kiiang",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "word": "ผลข้างเคียง"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "zhor rkyen",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "word": "ཞོར་རྐྱེན"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "word": "yan etki"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "medicine: an adverse effect",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sgileffaith"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vedlejší účinek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "word": "sivuvaikutus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "effet de bord"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nebeneffekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Seiteneffekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "word": "mellékhatás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "word": "kísérő jelenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fo-iarsma"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふくさよう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukusayō",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "word": "副作用"
    },
    {
      "alt": "副作用",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bujagyong",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "word": "부작용"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "efekt uboczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pobóčnyj effékt",
      "sense": "computing: a state change caused by a function call",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "побо́чный эффе́кт"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "side effect"
  ],
  "word": "side effect"
}
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