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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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The Tories promise to build more prisons, which will have the likely side effect of creating more addicts and reoffenders.
The other side effect is the lack of a sense of achievement or recognition.
A common side effect is headache, which usually responds to aspirin or acetaminophen and tends to improve with continued use.
Whilst this may be as a result of his anxiety it equally seems likely that this is a side effect of his anxiolytic drugs.
One side effect of the heightened interest in health issues is that medical studies in specialist publications now reach a wider public.
Hay fever or some old fashioned antihistamine treatments with side effect drowsiness can generally impede your life style.

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