adverse effect

Adverse effect — Classification and external resources ICD 10 T78 ICD 9 995.89 In medicine, an …   Wikipedia

Adverse effect — A harmful or abnormal result. An adverse effect may be caused by exposure to a chemical and be indicated by an untoward result such as by illness or death …   Medical dictionary

adverse effect — noun Side effect, especially a negative one in pharmacology. Ant: desired effect …   Wiktionary

adverse effect — An unwanted side effect of treatment …   English dictionary of cancer terms

Adverse effect (medicine) — In medicine, an adverse effect is a harmful and undesired effect resulting from a medication or other intervention such as chemotherapy or surgery. An adverse effect may be termed a side effect (when judged to be secondary to a main or… …   Wikipedia

material adverse effect — (MAE) USA This term has a number of meanings. In the context of: • Finance. A term of art used as a threshold to measure the effect of some event. The language may vary slightly, but a typical definition is: a material adverse effect on (a) the… …   Law dictionary

No observable adverse effect level — The no observable adverse effect level (NOAEL) denotes the level of exposure of an organism, found by experiment or observation, at which there is no biologically or statistically significant (e.g. alteration of morphology, functional capacity,… …   Wikipedia

No observable adverse effect level (NOAEL) — NOAEL (No observable adverse effect level) denotes the level of exposure of an organism, found by experiment or observation, at which there is no biologically or statistically significant (e.g. alteration of morphology, functional capacity,… …   Wikipedia

no-observed-adverse-effect level — abbr. NOAEL The highest exposure level at which there are no biologically significant increases in frequency or severity of adverse effects between the exposed population and its appropriate control group; some effects may be produced at this… …   Petroleum refining glossary

lowest observed adverse effect level — (LOAEL), lowest observed effect level (LOEL) in studies of the toxicity of chemicals, the lowest dosage level at which chronic exposure to the substance shows adverse effects; usually calculated for laboratory animals …   Medical dictionary

no observed adverse effect level — (NOAEL), no observed effect level (NOEL) in studies of the toxicity of chemicals, the highest dosage level at which chronic exposure to the substance shows no adverse effects; usually calculated for laboratory animals …   Medical dictionary