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af⋅ter⋅ef⋅fect

[af-ter-i-fekt, ahf-]
–noun
1. a delayed effect; an effect that follows at some interval after the stimulus that produces it.
2. Medicine/Medical. a result appearing after the first effect due to an agent, usually a drug, has gone.

Origin:
1810–20; after + effect
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af·ter·ef·fect   (āf'tər-ĭ-fěkt')   
n.  An effect following its cause after some delay, especially a delayed or prolonged physiological or psychological response to a stimulus.
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Main Entry: af·ter·ef·fect
Pronunciation: 'af-t&-ri-"fekt
Function: noun
1 : an effect that follows its cause after aninterval aftereffects of surgery>
2 : a secondary result especially in the action of a drug coming on after the subsidence of the first effect
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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