sequela
[si-kwel-uh, -kwee-luh]
- an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease.
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Origin of sequela
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Death may also be the result of a sequela long after the disease has run its course.
This curvature, unlike the lateral curvature, is a sequela of an actual disease of the bones.
The Mother and Her ChildWilliam S. Sadler
We know that granular ophthalmia with trichiasis as a sequela was very rife.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman TimesJohn Stewart Milne
Acute miliary tuberculosis of the lungs is more often met with as a sequela than as a complication.
sequela
- any abnormal bodily condition or disease related to or arising from a pre-existing disease
- any complication of a disease
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Word Origin
C18: from Latin: sequel
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Word Origin and History for sequela
n.
plural sequelae, 1793, originally in pathology, from Latin sequela "that which follows, consequence" (see sequel).
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sequela
(sĭ-kwĕl′ə)- A pathological condition resulting from a disease.
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