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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sequēla (“aftermath, sequel; consequence, result”), from sequor (“to follow; to come or go after, pursue”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”)) + -ēla (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Doublet of sequel.
The plural form is a learned borrowing from Latin sequēlae.
Pronunciation
Noun
sequela (plural sequelae or (archaic) sequelæ)
- (pathology) Chiefly in the plural: a condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one, being either partly or wholly caused by it, or made possible by it.
1970, J[ames] G[raham] Ballard, “Princess Margaret’s Face Lift”, in The Atrocity Exhibition, revised edition, London: Flamingo, HarperCollinsPublishers, published 2001, →ISBN, page 178:Complications: haematoma formation is a dangerous sequela of this operation, and careful drainage with polythene tubing was carried out.
1973, Patrick O’Brian, chapter 4, in H.M.S. Surprise, London: HarperCollinsPublishers for The Book People, →ISBN, page 69:‘Ay, ay,’ said Stephen testily, ‘it is showy enough to look at, no doubt, but these are only the superficial sequelae. There is no essential lesion.’
- (by extension, formal)
- That which follows; a consequence, an effect.
2003, Roy Porter, “Dependent Bodies”, in Flesh in the Age of Reason, London: Allen Lane, Penguin Group, →ISBN, part IV (The Science of Man for a New Society), page 407:Initially he dosed himself [with opium] to quell neuralgia associated with 'gout' and nervous shooting pains in the limb and head, unable to bear the agonies these complaints produced on what Humphry Davy would call his 'excessive sensibility'. Self-dosing brought emotional and physical sequelae of its own.
- (rare) People who adhere to the opinions or teachings of another; followers.
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Translations
condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one
people who adhere to the opinions or teachings of another
— see follower
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Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈkwɛ.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛla
- Hyphenation: se‧què‧la
Noun
sequela f (plural sequele)
- string, sequence, series, string
- (pathology) sequela
Latin
Etymology
From sequor (“I follow”) + -ēla.
Pronunciation
Noun
sequēla f (genitive sequēlae); first declension
- a result, consequence, sequel, aftermath
- a suite, retinue, a group of followers
1st century CE, Sextus Iunius Frontinus,
Strategemata 2.4.8:
- M. Marcellus, cum verērētur, nē paucitātem mīlitum ejus clāmor dētegeret, simul lixās cālōnēsque et omnis generis sequēlās conclāmāre jussit atque hostem magnī exercitūs speciē exterruit.
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “sequela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sequela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- sequela in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈkfɛ.la/
- Rhymes: -ɛla
- Syllabification: se‧que‧la
Noun
sequela
- genitive singular of sequel
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sequēla.
Pronunciation
Noun
sequela f (plural sequelas)
- (pathology) sequela (condition caused by an earlier disease or problem)
- consequence; effect
- Synonyms: consequência, efeito
- sequence; series; string
- Synonyms: série, sequência
- (narratology) sequel (a following release in a series of films, books etc.)
- Synonyms: sequência, continuação
- entourage (retinue of attendants, associates or followers)
- Synonym: séquito