单词 | side effect |
释义 | side effectn. 1. A secondary, unintended, and typically undesirable effect of an action, situation, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > [noun] > undesired or unintended consequence(s) or side-effect repercussion1603 aftermath1671 ill effect1675 mal-effect1686 side effect1814 wrack1844 implication1873 backwash1876 katzenjammer1897 backlash1921 kickback1935 spillover1940 fallout1954 rub-off1962 booby prize1972 own goal1975 1814 Monthly Repository Theol. & Gen. Lit. Nov. 679/2 It is more consonant to our feelings and common sense of things, to suppose that such case was not object of provident scheme, but side effect of instituted operant principle. 1884 B. Bosanquet et al. tr. H. Lotze Metaphysic 435 The view that all psychical life is a side-effect [Ger. Nebeneffect] of the physical process of formation. 1933 E. Blunden Mind's Eye (1934) i. 59 Here the side-effects of the quarrels south of the Canal..were felt and paid for in some casualties. 1974 ‘D. Craig’ Whose Little Girl are You? ii. 23 A side effect of sobriety he had found to be deadly fatigue. 2011 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 9 Mar. 2 b The inevitable side effect of government cuts is that the economy will contract further. 2. Medicine. An effect (usually for the worse) of a drug or treatment other than that for which it is administered. Often in plural. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by medicine or drug > [noun] > effects of medicines or drugs side effect1868 placebo effect1902 tachyphylaxis1911 side action1933 nocebo effect1961 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders caused by poisons > [noun] > by drugs > side effect side effect1868 1868 U.S. Med. & Surg. Jrnl. Oct. 23 Some side-effects, which are caused by the lower dilutions, may not appear from high potencies. 1939 H. N. G. Wright & M. L. Montag Textbk. Materia Med. Pharmacol. & Therapeutics x. 112 The effects which are not desired in any particular case are referred to as ‘side effects’ or ‘side actions’ and, in some instances, these may be so powerful as to limit seriously the therapeutic usefulness of the drug. 1952 Chambers's Jrnl. June 384 A new alkaloid, built to the same molecular pattern, but with slight modifications, has been synthesised; it is equally anti-malarial but its side-effects are less toxic. 1980 A. Clare Psychiatry in Dissent (ed. 2) vi. 254 The most widely publicized side-effect of ECT [= electroconvulsive therapy] is associated memory disturbance. 2013 Daily Tel. 20 June 32/1 She suffered the side effects of taking tranquilisers bought off the internet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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