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Pronunciation: /ˌædˈvərs ˈifɛkt/

adverse effect

Definition

An undesired effect of a drug or other type of treatment, such as surgery. Adverse effects can range from mild to severe and can be life-threatening. Also called adverse event and adverse reaction.

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blinded study

inherited erythroblastopenia

mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma

antisense oligonucleotide

cell respiration

LipoTaxen

promegapoietin

agoraphobia

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nicardipine

Flt3/MerTK inhibitor MRX-2843

CD8-depleted non-engrafting HLA-mismatched unrelated donor lymphocytes

Vitex agnus-castus fruit extract

ilginatinib

autologous cultured acute myeloid leukemia-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

vosilasarm

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depth of coverage

triple-negative breast cancer

splice-site mutation

familial

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

affected individual

deleterious mutation

susceptibility gene mutation

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