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sequela
This term is primarily utilized in medical and clinical settings to describe a pathological condition that persists after the acute phase of a disease has resolved. It carries a clinical, objective tone and implies a direct causal link between a primary trauma or illness and a subsequent chronic complication.
Outside of medicine, the word is used in formal or academic discourse to describe a secondary effect or a trailing consequence of a major event. Because it is derived from Latin, it maintains a high register and is rarely found in casual conversation, where words like aftermath or result would be preferred.
Meanings
Examples
Chronic fatigue is a common sequela of the viral infection.
The patient suffered a permanent neurological sequela after the stroke.
We must consider every possible sequela of this policy change.
The long term sequelae of the war are still felt in the region today.
Is this tremor a direct sequela of the trauma or a new symptom?
The economic instability was a sequela of the sudden market crash.
I wonder if my current anxiety is a sequela of that childhood event.
The surgeon explained that some scarring is an inevitable sequela of the procedure.