rebound effect

English

Noun

rebound effect (plural rebound effects)

  1. (medicine) The emergence or reemergence of symptoms, often with greater severity, when a medicine prescribed to suppress the original symptoms is reduced or discontinued.
    Synonym: rebound phenomenon
  2. (conservation) Synonym of takeback (“reduction in energy savings from new technologies due to increased levels of demand”)
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