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rebound effect

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The emergence or reemergence of symptoms, often with greater severity, when a medicine prescribed to suppress the original symptoms is reduced or discontinued.

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Topics: medicine, sciences

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Synonyms: rebound phenomenon

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

Synonym of takeback (“reduction in energy savings from new technologies due to increased levels of demand”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, conservation, history, human-sciences, natural-sciences, sciences

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Synonyms: takeback

Antonyms: none provided

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