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Sequela
Pronunciation : Se*que"la
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow.]
Definition : Defn: 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. Sequel?, or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms. Coleridge. (c) (Med.)
Defn: A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
pl. Sequel
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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