National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: July 2, 2026
Id http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C41331
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C41331
Preferred Name

Adverse Event

Definitions
Any unfavorable or unintended disease, sign, or symptom (including an abnormal laboratory finding) that is temporally associated with the use of a medical treatment or procedure, and that may or may not be considered related to the medical treatment or procedure. Such events can be related to the intervention, dose, route of administration, patient, or caused by an interaction with another drug(s) or procedure(s).
Synonyms
adverse event (AE)
Adverse Event
adverse event
Adverse Experience
adverse_event
adverse experience
ADVERSE EVENT
ADVERSE_EVENT
AdverseEvent
side effects
AE
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