also side effect
(~s)
1.
The ~s of a drug are the effects, usually bad ones, that the drug has on you in addition to its function of curing illness or pain.
The treatment has a whole host of extremely unpleasant ~s including weight gain, acne, skin rashes and headaches...
Most patients suffer no ~s.
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2.
A ~ of a situation is something unplanned and usually unpleasant that happens in addition to the main effects of that situation.
One side effect of modern life is stress...
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