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What is a side effect?

What is a side effect? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) An unintended consequence of any action in addition to the intended consequence of that action.
  2. (medicine) An adverse effect, an unintended consequence of a drug or therapy; usually not a beneficial effect.
  3. (computing) A change in state caused by a function call (typically "side-effect").
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Hay fever or some old fashioned antihistamine treatments with side effect drowsiness can generally impede your life style.
This doesn't exist on its own but is only a side effect of hate for their self-created enemies.
The cramps possibly were a side effect of a pulled muscle suffered in winter ball last year.
One side effect of the heightened interest in health issues is that medical studies in specialist publications now reach a wider public.
Akathisia has been well documented as a common and distressing side effect of antipsychotic drugs and an important cause of poor drug compliance.
The side effect is inflammation and recruitment of these specific inflammatory and immune cells that are characteristic of the disease.

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