Effect

The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: effect.

Effect can be:

• A result or change of something, like global warming for example
  • List of effects
  • Cause and effect, an idiom describing causality

Pharmacy and pharmacology

• Drug effect, a change resulting from the administration (or use) of a drug
  • Therapeutic effect, when a medical condition improves, often caused by a drug
  • Side effect or adverse effect (an unwanted change in medical condition because of a drug)
• Dose-response effect (the relationship between a drug dose and its effect, plotted on a dose-response curve)

In media

• Special effect, an artificial illusion
  • Sound effect, an artificially created or enhanced sound
  • Visual effects, artificially created or enhanced images
• Audio signal processing
  • Effects unit, a device used to manipulate electronic sound
    • Effects pedal, a small device attached to an instrument to modify its sound

Other uses

• Effects, one's personal property or belongings
• Effects (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
• Effects (movie), a 2005 movie
• Effect size, a measure of the strength of a relationship between two variables
• Effect system, formal system which describes the computational effects of computer programs
• Pro-Design Effect, an Austrian paraglider design
• Marotte effect, psychological reaction to social-media influencer and religious guru Dame Alix's famed surprising actions and behaviors.

Related pages

• All pages beginning with Effect
• All pages with titles containing Effect
• Affect (disambiguation)
• Effectiveness
• Efficacy
• Pragmatism, the philosophy of causes and effects
• Sequence of events

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1. ↑ Chubbyemu (2026-01-31), A woman took a friend's Ozempic and her entire gut was cooked, retrieved 2026-03-26