sequela Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment
    • paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis

WordNet

Se*que"la noun
Etymology
L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow.
Wordforms
plural Sequelæ
Definitions
  1. 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.
    Sequelæ, 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.

Webster 1913