aftereffect

[ af-ter-i-fekt, ahf- ]

/ ˈæf tər ɪˌfɛkt, ˈɑf- /

a delayed effect; an effect that follows at some interval after the stimulus that produces it.

Medicine/Medical. a result appearing after the first effect due to an agent, usually a drug, has gone.

Origin of aftereffect

First recorded in 1810–20; after + effect

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb was not an after-effect of the assault on Benghazi.

In Defense of the Libyan Revolution |Bernard-Henri Lévy |January 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The after-effect of excessive cold was a prolonged depression of excitability.

Life Movements in Plants |Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
I found that traces of after-effect due to the application of Na2CO3 remain for a time.

Response in the Living and Non-Living |Jagadis Chunder Bose
The news seemed to stun both men at first, but the after-effect on each was wonderfully different.

Red Rooney |R.M. Ballantyne

The latent period and the after-effect of stimulus may thus be obtained with the highest accuracy.

Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919 |Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
A fuller account of after-effect of light on the response of various plant-organs and of animal retinæ will be found elsewhere.

Life Movements in Plants, Volume II, 1919 |Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose

aftereffect

/ (ˈɑːftərɪˌfɛkt) /

any result occurring some time after its cause

med any delayed response to a stimulus or agent Compare side effect

psychol any illusory sensation caused by a stimulus that has ceased