Associations to the word «Sequela»

Wiktionary

SEQUELA, noun. (pathology) A disease or condition which is caused by an earlier disease or problem.

Dictionary definition

SEQUELA, noun. Any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment; "paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne