Meaning of COMPLICATION
| Pronunciation: | | `kâmplu'keyshun
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- [n] the act or process of complicating
- [n] puzzling complexity
- [n] a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
- [n] a situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication"
- [n] any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease; "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis"
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| | Synonyms: | | complicatedness, knottiness, ramification |
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| | See Also: | | complexity, complexness, development, disease, hindrance, interference, situation, state of affairs | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Com`pli*ca"tion\, n. [L. compliasion: cf. F.
complication.]
1. The act or process of complicating; the state of being
complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts;
entanglement; complexity.
A complication of diseases. --Macaulay.
Through and beyond these dark complications of the
present, the New England founders looked to the
great necessities of future times. --Palfrey.
2. (Med.) A disease or diseases, or adventitious
circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying
a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
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