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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6 May 2025

HEEDLESS

(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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