sequela

Meanings

Plural: sequelae, sequelæ

Noun

any abnormality following or resulting from a disease or injury or treatment
- "paralysis is one of the sequelae of poliomyelitis"
Chiefly in the plural: a condition or disease which follows chronologically after an earlier one, being either partly or wholly caused by it, or made possible by it.
That which follows; a consequence, an effect.
People who adhere to the opinions or teachings of another; followers.

Origin / Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sequēla (“aftermath, sequel; consequence, result”), from sequor (“to follow; to come or go after, pursue”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to follow”)) + -ēla (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Doublet of sequel.
The plural form is a learned borrowing from Latin sequēlae.

Scrabble Score: 16

sequela is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sequela is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sequela is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

sequela is a valid Words With Friends word