Usually means: Unintended result from primary action.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word side effect:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. side effect: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. side effect: Merriam-Webster
  3. side effect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. side effect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. side effect: Collins English Dictionary
  6. side effect: Vocabulary.com
  7. Side-Effect, side-effect: Wordnik
  8. side effect: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. side-effect, side effect: Wiktionary
  10. side effect: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. side-effect, side effect: Dictionary.com
  12. side-effect: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Side Effect, Side-effect, Side-effect (computer science), Side effect (computer science), Side effect (disambiguation), Side effect (programming), Side effect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. side effect: Rhymezone
  15. side effect: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. side effect: FreeDictionary.org
  17. side effect: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. side-effect, side effect: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Medicare Glossary (No longer online)
  2. side effect: Legal dictionary
  3. side effect: Financial dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. side-effect: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. side-effect, side effect: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. side effect: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Health and Wellness Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Side Effect: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
  7. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  8. side effect: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  9. National Immunization Program Glossary (No longer online)
  10. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  11. Side-effect, side effect: Medical dictionary
  12. WeMove Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  13. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See side_effects as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (side effect)

noun:  An unintended consequence, or secondary result, of any action, in addition to the main or intended consequence of that action.
noun:  (medicine) An unintended consequence of a drug or therapy; usually an adverse effect, not a beneficial effect.
noun:  (programming) A change in state outside of the local environment of the function being called.

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