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sequela - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun noun
from The Century Dictionary.
noun noun pathology , the consequent of a disease; a morbid affection which follows another, as cardiac disease after acute rheumatism, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun noun noun (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun pathology A disease or condition which is caused by an earlier disease or problem .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin sequēla , sequel; see sequel.]
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Latin sequela , from sequi ("follow"). Compare sequence .
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Examples
These neurologic sequela are manifested as periventricular leukomalacia, seen on MRI or CT scans.
Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome (TTTS) 2010
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.
David Kirby: High Rates of Autism Found in Federal Vaccine Injury Program: Study Says More Answers Needed David Kirby 2011
Finally, we are going to be hearing a good deal more about vaccines, seizure disorders, and autism as a "residual sequela " of the injury.
David Kirby: Why The Vaccine-Autism Issue Won't Go Away David Kirby 2011
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.
David Kirby: High Rates of Autism Found in Federal Vaccine Injury Program: Study Says More Answers Needed David Kirby 2011
In medicine we talk about sequela , a pathological condition resulting from an injury, disease, or attack.
Sunday Scribblings-Telephone 2008
Oh, and one more sequela from this event – I despise telephones.
Sunday Scribblings-Telephone 2008
In medicine we talk about sequela , a pathological condition resulting from an injury, disease, or attack.
2008 May « Becca’s Byline 2008
Oh, and one more sequela from this event – I despise telephones.
2008 May « Becca’s Byline 2008
Only other sequela I've noticed is a small numb spot on the lateral side of the knee.
Kneed to Know Steve Perry 2009
Only other sequela I've noticed is a small numb spot on the lateral side of the knee.
Archive 2009-10-01 Steve Perry 2009
chained_bear commented on the word sequela
"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
February 17, 2009
TankHughes commented on the word sequela
Raynaud's phenomenon is often a sequela.
March 3, 2017