rebound effect

noun

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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rebound phenomenontakeback
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Meanings

nounrebound effect (plural rebound effects)

plural rebound effects

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

    Synonyms: rebound phenomenon

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

    Synonyms: takeback

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
rebound phenomenon

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

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takeback
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rebound phenomenontakeback
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“rebound effect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebound%20effect. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebound effect,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebound%20effect.

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