SEQUELAE

SEQUELA

sequela

(noun) any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment; “paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

sequelae

plural of sequela

Source: Wiktionary


SEQUELA

Se*que"la, n.; pl. Sequelæ. Etym: [L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow.]

Definition: One who, or that which, follows. Specifically: (a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. "Coleridge and his sequela." G. P. Marsh. (b) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion. Sequelæ, or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms. Coleridge. (c) (Med.)

Definition: A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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