rebound effect
The emergence or reemergence of symptoms, often with greater severity, when a medicine…The emergence or reemergence of symptoms, often with greater severity, when a medicine prescribed to suppress the original symptoms is reduced or discontinued.
Meaning
2 sensesThe emergence or reemergence of symptoms, often with greater severity, when a medicine prescribed to suppress the original symptoms is reduced or discontinued.
Synonym of takeback (“reduction in energy savings from new technologies due to increased levels of demand”).
Forms
plural: rebound effects| Singular | rebound effect |
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Synonyms
2 synonymsSee also
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