cumulative effect

English

Noun

cumulative effect (plural cumulative effects)

  1. The state in which a series of repeated actions have an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects; noted especially in the repeated administration of drugs or repeated consumption of trace elements or chemicals that show no immediate effect.
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