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side-effect

noun side-effects

alternative Alternative form of side effect Gynecomastia is estimated to affect anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent of males at some stage of their lives. And "gyne" or "gyno", as it's commonly known, is not only an unwelcome (and ironic) side-effect of anabolic-androgenic - that is, muscle-building and masculinising - steroids: it can also be ca

verb side-effects · side-effecting · side-effected

transitive To alter as a side effect. Furthermore, we are on the look-out for pre-conditions for good therapy - so as to prevent the unintended bad therapy: but our efforts are duly side-effected by lack of control over such preconditions.

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@misc{side_effect_2026,
  title = {side-effect},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/side-effect},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}