nounplural noun sequelae/sɪˈkwiːliː/

• A condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury.

  ‘the long-term sequelae of infection’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Aggressive treatment of suspected pelvic inflammatory disease reduces late sequelae.’
  • ‘But depressive syndromes sometimes occur as sequelae to physical illness such as viral infection and may overlap with fatigue syndromes.’
  • ‘The procedure was uneventful, and the patient has fully recovered without tricuspid valvular dysfunction or other sequelae.’
  • ‘Early detection of this infection can reduce disease spread and prevent the sequelae of untreated chlamydia infections.’
  • ‘The greatest cause of mortality in type 2 diabetes is atherosclerotic vascular disease and its sequelae.’

  Synonyms

  consequence, result, upshot, outcome, development, issue, end, conclusion, postscript