SEQUELA (sequelae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: sequelae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sequela mean? 

• SEQUELA (noun)
  The noun SEQUELA has 1 sense:

1. any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment

  Familiarity information: SEQUELA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEQUELA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Context example:

paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis

Hypernyms ("sequela" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

 Context examples 

Sequelae may include hypertension, atherosclerosis, infection, hypercoagulablity and renal failure.

(Nephrotic Syndrome with Lesion of Endothelial Glomerulonephritis, NCI Thesaurus)

Elucidate the progression of HIV infection, from its earliest stages through long-term sequelae.

(Natural History of Progression of HIV-related Diseases, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs usually appear during the first decade and include alacrima, achalasia, autonomic dysfunction and the sequelae of adrenocortical insufficiency: hypoglycemia and hypotension.

(Allgrove Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

NOTE: often denoted using a pick list from a controlled terminology such as: Recovered/resolved, recovering/ resolving, not recovered/not resolved, recovered /resolved with sequelae, fatal, or unknown. [SDTM Events class of observation]

(Adverse Event Outcome, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Clinical course may progress to chronic hypoxemia with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular sequelae.

(Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

The regression of the lesions leaves pitting cicatrices but no other known sequelae.

(Multiple Self Healing Epithelioma of Ferguson-Smith, NCI Thesaurus)

Despite an unremarkable clinical course, continued unrestricted gluten intake may predispose to the same sequelae as overt disease.

(Latent Celiac Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

It is caused by the stasis of food and subsequent overgrowth of bacteria in a portion of the small intestine that is unintentionally bypassed as a complication of abdominal surgery or as a sequela of gastrointestinal disorders which impede effective motility.

(Blind Loop Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

An adverse event, and/or its immediate sequelae which is associated with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit the ability of a person to perform activities of daily living (eating, ambulation, toileting, etc.).

(Disabling Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)

An adverse event, and/or its immediate sequelae, which is associated with an imminent risk of death or which is associated with physical or mental disabilities that affect or limit the ability of a person to perform activities of daily living (eating, ambulation, toileting, etc.) See NCI Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events.

(Life Threatening or Disabling Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)