sequela
/si-kwel-uh, -kwee-luh/US // sɪˈkwɛl ə, -ˈkwi lə //UK // (sɪˈkwiːlə) //
续集,续篇,序幕,后记
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plural se·quel·ae [si-kwel-ee, -kwee-lee]. /sɪˈkwɛl i, -ˈkwi li/. Pathology.
- : an abnormal condition resulting from a previous disease.
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As with many diseases, after the acute infection has passed, a constellation of symptoms known as sequelae can still linger.
This curvature, unlike the lateral curvature, is a sequela of an actual disease of the bones.
We know that granular ophthalmia with trichiasis as a sequela was very rife.
Acute miliary tuberculosis of the lungs is more often met with as a sequela than as a complication.
Phthisis is, however, a much less frequent sequela of typhus than of typhoid fever.
Among those who recover, a common sequela, as before mentioned, is jaundice.
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