Medical Definition of Late effect

1. Side effects of chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy which only become apparent with long-term monitoring of the patient over a period of years. These are of particular concern in patients below the age of puberty. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)



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Lexicographical Neighbors of Late Effect

late-phase response
late-successional forest
late-successional reserve
late-term
late-type star
late apical systolic murmur
late benign syphilis
late binding
late blight
late bloomer
late bloomers
late cyanosis
late deceleration
late diastole
late diastolic murmur
late effect (current term)
late gene
late innings
late lamented
late latent syphilis
late model
late on
late purple aster
late reaction
late replicating chromosome
late rickets
late seizure
late seral species
late seral treatment

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