sequ-, sequi-, secut-, suit-, -sue

(Latin: follow)

sequestrate

sequestration

1. The formation of a piece of a sequestrum.
2. The isolation of a patient.
3. A net increase in the quantity of blood within a limited vascular area, occurring physiologically, with or without forward flow persisting, or produced artificially by the application of tourniquets.

sequestrectomy, sequestrotomy

The surgical removal of a sequestrum (a piece of dead bone that has become separated during the process of necrosis from the sound bone).

sequestrum

A piece of dead bone that has become separated during the process of necrosis from sound bone.

subsequence

subsequent

subsequently

sue

Etymology: "continue, persevere", from Anglo-French suer, "follow after, continue"; from Old French sivre, later suivre, "pursue, follow after"; from Vulgar Latin sequere, "to follow"; from Latin sequi, "follow".

suit (noun)

suitable

suitableness

suitably

suite

suitor

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(Latin: follow)

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