"sequela" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /sɪˈkwiːlə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ˈkwɛ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɪˈkwɛlə/ [General-American], /-ˈkwi-/ [General-American], /sɪˈkwiːliː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /sɪˈkwɛliː/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sequela.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Güiseppi669-sequelae.wav Forms: sequelae [plural], sequelæ [archaic, plural]
Rhymes: -iːlə, -ɛlə Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sequēla (“aftermath, sequel; consequence, result”), from sequor (“to follow; to come or go after, pursue”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”)) + -ēla (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Doublet of sequel. The plural form is a learned borrowing from Latin sequēlae. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{lbor|en|la|sequēla|t=aftermath, sequel; consequence, result}} Learned borrowing from Latin sequēla (“aftermath, sequel; consequence, result”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|t=to follow}} Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|abstract noun}} abstract noun, {{glossary|verb}} verb, {{doublet|en|sequel}} Doublet of sequel, {{glossary|plural}} plural, {{lbor|en|la|sequēlae|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from Latin sequēlae Head templates: {{en-noun|sequelae|sequelæ|pl2qual=archaic}} sequela (plural sequelae or (archaic) sequelæ)
  1. (pathology) Chiefly in the plural: a condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one, being either partly or wholly caused by it, or made possible by it. Categories (topical): Pathology Translations (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one): հետեւանք (hetewankʻ) (Armenian), բարդացում (bardacʻum) (Armenian), последица (posledica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 後遺症 (Chinese Mandarin), 后遗症 (hòuyízhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), sekwel (Dutch), jälkitauti (Finnish), séquelle [feminine] (French), Folgeerscheinung [feminine] (German), Folgezustand [masculine] (German), szövődmény (Hungarian), sequela [feminine] (Italian), 後遺症 (kōishō) (Japanese), 후유증 (huyujjeung) (Korean), sekuela (Malay), sekvele [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), następstwo [neuter] (Polish), sequela [feminine] (Portuguese), после́дствие (poslédstvije) [neuter] (Russian), осложне́ние (osložnénije) [neuter] (Russian), secuela (Spanish), följdsjukdom [common-gender] (Swedish), svit [common-gender] (Swedish), följdtillstånd [neuter] (Swedish), sekvele [common-gender] (Swedish), di chứng (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-sequela-en-noun-SA-Y7VnS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 6 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 41 16 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 41 18 40 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 42 18 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 45 14 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 43 9 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 44 13 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 44 13 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 13 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 44 8 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 44 13 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 43 13 43 Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences Disambiguation of 'condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one': 85 12 3
  2. (by extension, formal)
    That which follows; a consequence, an effect.
    Tags: broadly, formal
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  3. (by extension, formal)
    (rare) People who adhere to the opinions or teachings of another; followers.
    Tags: broadly, formal, rare
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: sequel, sequence, comorbidity, complication

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Although both acute PID and STIs may remain asymptomatic, some of their shared long-term sequelae are tubal factor infertility (TFI), salpingitis, and adhesions and scarring of the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and surrounding peritoneal tissue. These sequelae have been further identified as factors potentially associated with EOC risk.",
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      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
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      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
      "word": "後遺症"
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      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
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      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
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      "word": "Folgeerscheinung"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
      "word": "後遺症"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "huyujjeung",
      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
      "word": "후유증"
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      "code": "ms",
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      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
      "word": "sekuela"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
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      "word": "после́дствие"
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      "word": "följdtillstånd"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one",
      "word": "di chứng"
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  ],
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}

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