Sequela vs Subsequent - What's the difference?
sequela | subsequent |
(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,
Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.
Following in order of place; succeeding.
As a noun sequela
is a disease or condition which is caused by an earlier disease or problem.As an adjective subsequent is
following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.sequela
English
Noun
(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.
External links
* (wikipedia "sequela") ----subsequent
English
Adjective
(-)- Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.