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| Domain | Definition |
Health | An unwanted side effect of treatment. (references) |
Public Administration | A reversible or irreversible result of an action, substance or event on a living organism which affects its health and well-being in an undesirable way. May also apply to physical structures. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ADVERSE EFFECT |
| English words defined with "ADVERSE EFFECT": innoxious ♦ side effect. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ADVERSE EFFECT": Aphidicolin ♦ Biologically Effective Dose ♦ Chronic Effect, Clozapine, Critical Effect ♦ Hepatitis, Chronic, Drug-Induced ♦ Induced cost ♦ Maximum Acceptable Toxic Concentration ♦ NOAEL ♦ Reimbursement, Incentive, Risk-based Targeting. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In fact, in terms of suffering, this burden may be the greatest adverse effect of obesity. (references) | |
This is particularly important to ensure monitoring and early detection of any adverse effect of therapy. (references) | ||
The evidence is contradictory concerning whether concurrent medical illness has an adverse effect on response to pharmacotherapy. (references) | ||
Business | Decreasing state support for industrial enterprises for several years has been one of the factors responsible for decreasing per capita income of Russians, and high inflation combined with lower-than expected access to foreign investment had an adverse effect on the Russian economy. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Kazakhstan | In February the Government refused registration to a newly established ethnic-Russian party; the propresidential Civic Party stated that the creation of an ethnic-Russian party would have "an adverse effect on interethnic stability." The Constitution bans "public associations"--including political parties--whose "goals or actions are directed at a violent change of the Constitutional system, violation of the integrity of the republic, undermining of the security of the state (and), fanning of social, racial, national, religious, class, and tribal enmity." All of the major religious and ethnic groups have independently functioning cultural centers. (references) |
Economic History | Pakistan | The Plan provides for mandatory environmental impact assessment of all future development projects having potential adverse effect on environment. (references) |
Political Economy | Iran | Although economic performance had improved somewhat when worldwide oil prices increased, the recent fall in prices has had an adverse effect. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
adverse effect zyban | 3 |
adverse effect fosamax | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ADVERSE EFFECT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | utilsigtet virkning, uheldig virkning, skadelig virkning (harmful effect, undesirable effect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | schadelijk effect, nadelig gevolg (harmful effect, undesirable effect), belemmerende werking. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | takaisku (back kick, set-back), taantuma (contraction, recession, slump). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | effet nocif, effet indésirable, effet défavorable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ungünstige Auswirkung (harmful effect, undesirable effect), schädliche Wirkung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιβλαβής συνέπεια, δυσμενής επίδραση (harmful effect, undesirable effect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | effetto nocivo, effetto negativo (harmful effect, undesirable effect), effetto nefasto. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 逆作" (reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ぎゃくさよう (reaction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adverseay effectay efeito nocivo (harmful effect, undesirable effect), efeito adverso. (various references) efecto nocivo, efecto negativo, efecto adverso (harmful effect, undesirable effect). (various references) skadlig effekt, negativ effekt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-e-f-f-r-s-t-v" | |
-2 letters: effervesced. | |
-3 letters: effervesce. | |
-4 letters: affecters, defeaters, defecates, desecrate, effecters, federates, redefeats, redefects, restaffed, seedeater. | |
-5 letters: affected, affecter, decrease, defacers, defeater, defecate, draftees, effacers, effected, effecter, federate, festered, redefeat, redefect, refected, reseated, resected, revested, secreted. | |
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