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Webster 1913 Edition
Sequela
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Se-que′la
,Noun.
pl.
Sequelae
(#)
. [L., a follower, a result, from
sequit
to follow.] 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.
Sequelae
, or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms. Coleridge.
(c)
(Med.)
A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
Definition 2024
sequela
sequela
See also: seqüela
English
Noun
sequela (plural sequelae)
- (pathology) A disease or condition which is caused by an earlier disease or problem.
- 1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition,
- Complications: haematoma formation is a dangerous sequela of this operation, and careful drainage with polythene tubing was carried out.
- 1973 Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise,
- ‘Ay, ay,’ said Stephen testily, ‘it is showy enough to look at, no doubt, but these are only the superficial sequelae. There is no essential lesion.’
- 2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin 2004, p. 407,
- Self-dosing brought emotional and physical sequelae of its own.
- 1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition,
Translations
a disease or condition which is caused by an earlier disease or problem
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Alternative forms
- seqüela (superseded)
Noun
sequela f (plural sequelas)
- (pathology) sequela (condition caused by an earlier disease or problem)
- consequence; effect
- sequence; series; string
- entourage (retinue of attendants, associates or followers)
Synonyms
- (consequence; effect): consequência, efeito
- (sequence; series): série, sequência
- (entourage): séquito