side effect

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side effect

  1. 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 state change caused by a function call (typically "side-effect").

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