Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A pathological condition resulting from a disease.
- n. A secondary consequence or result.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That which follows; a following. A band of adherents.
- n. In pathology, the consequent of a disease; a morbid affection which follows another, as cardiac disease after acute rheumatism, etc.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents.
- n. That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.
- n. (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment
Etymologies
- Latin sequela, from sequi ("follow"). Compare sequence. (Wiktionary)
- Latin sequēla, sequel; see sequel. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“These neurologic sequela are manifested as periventricular leukomalacia, seen on MRI or CT scans.”
“The article suggests that there is significant overlap between the definition of autism and the VICP's definitions of encephalopathy, seizure and sequela resulting events.”
“Finally, we are going to be hearing a good deal more about vaccines, seizure disorders, and autism as a "residual sequela" of the injury.”
The Huffington Post: David Kirby: Why The Vaccine-Autism Issue Won't Go Away
“Oh, and one more sequela from this event – I despise telephones.”
“In medicine we talk about sequela, a pathological condition resulting from an injury, disease, or attack.”
“Only other sequela I've noticed is a small numb spot on the lateral side of the knee.”
“Of course there will be a sequel...if anyone has seen the first one, they obviously decided on a sequela long, long time ago.”
“The mineral mud is believed to be able to alleviate pain from rheumatoid arthritis, sequela of traumatisms and peripheral nervous system diseases.”
“And also, the sort of sequela of that, is where do you think your research fits in?”
“Flamma simul libidinis ingreditur; ira, furor et superbia, divitiarum sequela.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sequela’.
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Tweets
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chained_bear "The overwhelming majority of victims, especially in the Western world, recovered quickly and fully. This was after all only influenza. But the virus sometimes caused one final complication, one final sequela. The influenza virus affected the brain and nervous system. All high fevers cause delirium, but this was something else."
—John M. Barry, The Great Influenza (NY: Penguin Books, 2004), 378 Feb 17, 2009