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An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.
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The processing of certain raw materials - pulp and paper, oil, and alumina, for example - can have substantial environmental side effects.
A side effect of this architecture (which was designed only for efficient fabrication) is that it also performs automated repair.
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So you go along for a long time / And nothing seems to worry your mind / But what it adds up to / It's the side effect / That finally gets to you / It's the side effect / That finally gets to you
Useful for mild depression but may trigger coronary problems. A positive side effect is that it may actually help with degenerative joint disease symptoms.
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.
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“While all pharmaceutical treatments have side effects, racism is not a known side effect of any Sanofi medication.”
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.
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The Eiffel programming language is somewhat purist in insisting that functions have no side effects.
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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
any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
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a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal