Definitions for: Sequela


[n] any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment; "paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis"



Webster (1913) Definition: Se*que"la, n.; pl. Sequel[ae]. [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.

Sequel[ae], 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.

See Also: abnormal condition, abnormalcy, abnormality

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