deleterious side effect
Frequency: 6.98.1 per million words
Specifically refers to an unintended and harmful effect of a medication or medical treatment.
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- The doctor warned that the new medication could have a deleterious side effect on liver function.
- Researchers are closely monitoring the clinical trial for any signs of a deleterious side effect.
- The drug was withdrawn from the market after a significant deleterious side effect was discovered.
- I'm hesitant to start the treatment due to its potential for deleterious side effects.
- We must consider the long-term deleterious side effects of this therapy, not just its immediate benefits.
- This new formula is promising because it appears to have fewer deleterious side effects than its predecessor.
- The regulatory agency is investigating claims of an undocumented deleterious side effect.
- Our study aims to identify the mechanism behind this drug's most deleterious side effect.
- Any powerful medicine carries the risk of at least one deleterious side effect.
- A particularly deleterious side effect of the chemotherapy was severe nerve damage.