rebound effect

noun — 2 senses

rebound effect

noun
1

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

2

Biology, Conservation, History, Human sciences, Natural sciences, Sciences Synonym of takeback (“reduction in energy savings from new technologies due to increased levels of demand”).

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