3 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sequela noun: any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment; "paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis" [also: {sequelae} (pl)] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: sequelae See {sequela} From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Sequela \Se*que"la\, noun; pl. {Sequel[ae]}. [L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow.] One who, or that which, follows. Specifically: (a) An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. ''Coleridge and his sequela.'' --G. P. Marsh. (b) That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion. Sequel[ae], or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms. --Coleridge. (c) (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.

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