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sequela

[ si-kwel-uh, -kwee-luh ]

noun

Pathology.
plural sequelae
  1. an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease.


sequela

/ ɪˈɾːə /

noun

  1. any abnormal bodily condition or disease related to or arising from a pre-existing disease
  2. any complication of a disease
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sequela1

1785–95; < Latin ŧ sequel
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of sequela1

C18: from Latin: sequel
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It’s “kind of gross,” but it’s “not a high risk for disease or any other sequelae.”

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Now, a study published in the Journal of Affective Disorders reveals how photobiomodulation applied to the brain-gut axis is effective in recovering some cognitive alterations and sequelae caused by chronic stress.

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Shaylee died of “sequelae of blunt head trauma,” or the result of a prior head injury, days after she was admitted to the hospital, according to the report.

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The Los Angeles County medical examiner this weekend ruled Shaylee’s death accidental, finding the cause of death was “sequelae of blunt head trauma,” or the result of a prior head injury.

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Moreover, repeated infections can lead to the post-streptococcal sequelae of rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, for which the Australian Indigenous population bears the highest disease burden globally.

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