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sequela


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sequela  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sequela 
  n  :  any  abnormality  following  or  resulting  from  a  disease  or 
  injury  or  treatment;  "paralysis  is  one  of  the  sequelae  of 
  poliomyelitis" 




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