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sequela

[ si-kwel-uh, -kwee-luh ]

noun

, Pathology.
, plural se·quel·ae [si-, kwel, -ee, -, kwee, -lee].
  1. an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease.


sequela

/ sɪˈkwiːlə /

noun

  1. any abnormal bodily condition or disease related to or arising from a pre-existing disease
  2. any complication of a disease
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sequela1

1785–95; < Latin sequēla sequel
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sequela1

C18: from Latin: sequel
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Example Sentences

It’s “kind of gross,” but it’s “not a high risk for disease or any other sequelae.”

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Now, a study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders reveals how photobiomodulation applied to the brain-gut axis is effective in recovering some cognitive alterations and sequelae caused by chronic stress.

Shaylee died of “sequelae of blunt head trauma,” or the result of a prior head injury, days after she was admitted to the hospital, according to the report.

The Los Angeles County medical examiner this weekend ruled Shaylee’s death accidental, finding the cause of death was “sequelae of blunt head trauma,” or the result of a prior head injury.

Moreover, repeated infections can lead to the post-streptococcal sequelae of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, for which the Australian Indigenous population bears the highest disease burden globally.

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