Back عقابيل Arabic Seqüela (medicina) Catalan Følgesygdom Danish Sekundäre Krankheit German Secuela (medicina) Spanish بازماند FA Séquelle French Gejala sisa ID Sequela (medicina) Italian 後遺症 Japanese
A sequela (UK: /sɪˈkwiːlə/,[1] US: /sɪˈkwɛlə/;[2][3] usually used in the plural, sequelae /-iː/) is a pathological condition resulting from a disease, injury, therapy, or other trauma. Derived from the Latin word meaning "sequel", it is used in the medical field to mean a complication or condition following a prior illness or disease.[4]
A typical sequela is a chronic complication of an acute condition—in other words, a long-term effect of a temporary disease or injury—which follows immediately from the condition. Sequelae differ from late effects, which can appear long after—even several decades after—the original condition has resolved.
In general, non-medical usage, the terms sequela and sequelae mean consequence and consequences.[5]
- ^ "sequela: definition of sequela in Oxford dictionary (British & World English) (US)". www.oxforddictionaries.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ^ "sequela: definition of sequela in Oxford dictionary (American English) (US)". www.oxforddictionaries.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
- ^ from Latin sequela, from sequi ("follow")
- ^ "Medical Definition of Sequela". RxList. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ sequela Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 2017-12-31.