rebound effect

/R IY0 B AW1 N D IH0 F EH0 K T/
noun
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

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