Complication vs Sequelae - What's the difference?
complication | sequelae |
The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.
A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper; someone you need to placate.
(medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
(sequela)
(pathology) A disease or condition which is caused by an earlier disease or problem.
* 1970 , JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition ,
* 1973 Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise ,
* 2003 , Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason , Penguin 2004, p. 407,
As nouns the difference between complication and sequelae
is that complication is the act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity while sequelae is (sequela).complication
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(sequelae)- Complications: haematoma formation is a dangerous sequela of this operation, and careful drainage with polythene tubing was carried out.
- ‘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.’
- Self-dosing brought emotional and physical sequelae of its own.