my professor wants me to find the seqelae of a disease, what does this mean?, please help.
2006-07-03 07:02:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
A sequela (plural sequelae) is a pathological condition resulting from a disease, injury, or other trauma. Chronic kidney disease, for instance, is sometimes a sequela of a food-borne illness; post-traumatic stress disorder may be a psychological sequela of rape.
2006-07-03 07:06:39 · answer #1 · answered by dougdell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means what happens after a disease, the consequences of a disease.
2006-07-03 14:12:37 · answer #2 · answered by aniski7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any abnormal condition following or related to a previous disease.
2006-07-03 14:06:32 · answer #3 · answered by scorp_byte 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definition of sequela
1. [n] any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment;
2006-07-03 15:07:25 · answer #4 · answered by qwq 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
se·quel·a ( P ) Pronunciation Key (s-kwl)
n. pl. se·quel·ae (-kwl)
A pathological condition resulting from a disease.
A secondary consequence or result.
2006-07-03 14:05:45 · answer #5 · answered by kid_rock 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is spelled Sequelae and basically means consequences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequelae
2006-07-03 14:04:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dunno
2006-07-03 14:15:44 · answer #7 · answered by jpdeadhead 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋