The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sequela \Se*que"la\, n.; pl. Sequel[ae]. [L., a follower, a result, from sequit to follow.] One who, or that which, follows. Specifically:
An adherent, or a band or sect of adherents. ``Coleridge and his sequela.''
--G. P. Marsh.-
That which follows as the logical result of reasoning; inference; conclusion; suggestion.
Sequel[ae], or thoughts suggested by the preceding aphorisms.
--Coleridge. (Med.) A morbid phenomenon left as the result of a disease; a disease resulting from another.
Wiktionary
n. (en-irregular plural of: sequela)
WordNet
n. any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment; "paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis"
[also: sequelae (pl)]
See sequela
Usage examples of "sequelae".
But when the tearing rumble died away, and the ground stayed firm and secure, there appeared no sequelae more sinister than a muffled whisper, like the rush of distant waters.
The monitor was, unfortunately, unable to appreciate the esthetics and physiological sequelae of terminating presence with one's lover immediately following orgasm.
Whether his win may be regarded as lucky or not can be reckoned, according to the taste and fancy of the reader, from the sequelae of some twenty years.