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af•ter•ef•fect



Pronunciation: (af'tur-i-fekt", äf'-), [key]
—n.
1. a delayed effect; an effect that follows at some interval after the stimulus that produces it.
2. Med.a result appearing after the first effect due to an agent, usually a drug, has gone.

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