後遺症(こういしょう)

Symptoms that remain after the illness or injury itself is over: paralysis after a stroke, lasting pain after an accident, fatigue after COVID.

Common collocations

• 後遺症(こういしょう)が残(のこ)る: to be left with aftereffects
• 後遺症(こういしょう)に苦(くる)しむ: to suffer from aftereffects
• 後遺症(こういしょう)なく回復(かいふく)する: to recover without aftereffects
• コロナ後遺症(こういしょう): long COVID

Similar words

• 既往症(きおうしょう): a past illness in one's medical history; 後遺症(こういしょう) is what an illness or injury leaves behind
• 副作用(ふくさよう): a side effect of a drug or treatment, not of the illness