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  • noun Plural form of sequela.

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Examples

  • An elevated titer indicates that a Streptococcus infection or poststreptococcal sequelae from a previous infection are present.

    Dr. Andrew Lange: What to Do if You Have Arthritis, Part One Dr. Andrew Lange 2010

  • "So what you have is a syndrome where a child is forcibly shaken, this shaking tears the tiny blood vessels which bridge from the top of the brain to the inner surface of the skull where the meninges attach, and then bleeding accumulates around the brain, puts pressure on the brain, and the baby will die or have long-term sequelae of brain injury because of that pressure around the brain."

    Cruel Deception Olsen, Gregg 1995

  • "The long term sequelae of DVT in the lower limb comprising the post-thrombotic syndrome generate severe disability and marked compromise in quality of life."

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  • “Theoretically, there shouldn’t be any long-term sequelae.”

    My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult 2004

  • Survivors may experience side effects, called sequelae, such as brain damage, learning disabilities, hearing loss and limb loss [16].

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • Survivors may experience side effects, called sequelae, such as brain damage, learning disabilities, hearing loss and limb loss [16].

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • Survivors may experience side effects, called sequelae, such as brain damage, learning disabilities, hearing loss and limb loss [16].

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • Survivors may experience side effects, called sequelae, such as brain damage, learning disabilities, hearing loss and limb loss [16].

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • Survivors of meningococcal disease may experience side effects, called sequelae, such as brain damage, learning disabilities, hearing loss and limb loss(2).

    Phase III data show that Novartis meningococcal vaccine Menveo(R) demonstrated robust immunogenicity in infants - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • Oblivious, $7. 25-an-hour workers twist hens 'necks in incomplete "euthanasia," casting them aside to flap on the floor in the death sequelae which is painful to watch.

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  • "Captain Palmer of the Norfolk had been suffering from a quartan ague and melancholia ever since the far South Sea: and since Butcher's medicine-chest had gone down with the ship, Stephen had prescribed for him, at first with considerable success. The ague and its sequelae had slowly yielded to Jesuits' bark and sassafras, but since their eastward rounding of the Horn the melancholia had grown steadily worse."

    --Patrick O'Brian, The Reverse of the Medal, 51

    February 24, 2008