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sequela

/sɪˈkwiːlə/

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Medicine noun

A condition that is the consequence of a previous disease or injury.

Chronic pain was a lasting sequela of the accident.

Similar: aftereffect, complication

Origin: Latin sequi 'to follow'.

Topic: Diagnosis in Medical English

Law noun

A pathological condition that results from an earlier injury or disease.

Chronic pain was a recognised sequela of the botched operation.

Similar: aftereffect, complication

Topic: Tort in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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