Complications: haematoma formation is a dangerous sequela of this operation, and careful drainage with polythene tubing was carried out.
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Sequela
//sɪˈkwiːlə//
Synonyms for "sequela" (52 found)
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Related words (26)
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5 entriesTranslations
25 translations across 19 languages.
Armenian
2 entries- բարդացում noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
- հետեւանք noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Bulgarian
1 entries- последица noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 後遺症 /后遗症 noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Dutch
1 entries- sekwel noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Finnish
1 entries- jälkitauti noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
French
1 entries- séquelle noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
German
2 entries- Folgeerscheinung noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
- Folgezustand noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Hungarian
1 entries- szövődmény noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Italian
1 entries- sequela noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Japanese
1 entries- 後遺症 noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Korean
1 entries- 후유증 noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Malay
1 entries- sekuela noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sekvele noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Polish
1 entries- następstwo noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Portuguese
1 entries- sequela noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Russian
2 entries- осложне́ние noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
- после́дствие noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Spanish
1 entries- secuela noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Swedish
4 entries- följdsjukdom noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
- följdtillstånd noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
- sekvele noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
- svit noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Vietnamese
1 entries- di chứng noun (condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
‘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.’
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Although both acute PID and STIs may remain asymptomatic, some of their shared long-term sequelae are tubal factor infertility (TFI), salpingitis, and adhesions and scarring of the fallopian tubes, ovaries, and surrounding peritoneal tissue. These sequelae have been further identified as factors potentially associated with EOC risk.
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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.
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