noun
1. a secondary and usually adverse effect of a drug or therapy
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severe headaches are one of the side effects of the drug
• Hypernyms: ↑effect
• Hyponyms: ↑hairy tongue, ↑furry tongue, ↑black tongue
2. any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
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a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal
• Syn: ↑fallout
• Hypernyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.