Associations to the word «Epiphenomenon»

Wiktionary

EPIPHENOMENON, noun. (medicine) A symptom that develops during the course of a disease that is not connected to the disease.
EPIPHENOMENON, noun. (philosophy) (psychology) A mental state or process that is an incidental byproduct of physiological events in the brain or nervous system.
EPIPHENOMENON, noun. Any state, process, or other activity that is the result of another.

Dictionary definition

EPIPHENOMENON, noun. A secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon.

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza