complication
Americannoun
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the act of complicating.
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a complicated complicated or involved state or condition.
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a complex combination of elements or things.
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something that introduces, usually unexpectedly, some difficulty, problem, change, etc..
Because of the complications involved in traveling during the strike, we decided to postpone our trip.
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Pathology. a concurrent disease, accident, or adverse reaction that aggravates the original disease.
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the act of forming a unified idea or impression from a number of sense data, memories, etc.
noun
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a condition, event, etc, that is complex or confused
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the act or process of complicating
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a situation, event, or condition that complicates or frustrates
her coming was a serious complication
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a disease or disorder arising as a consequence of another disease
Other Word Forms
- complicative adjective
- precomplication noun
- recomplication noun
Etymology
Origin of complication
1605–15; < Late Latin complicātīon- (stem of complicātiō ), equivalent to complicāt ( us ) ( complicate ) + -īon- -ion
Example Sentences
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Wilson’s publicist, Mark Goldman, confirmed that he died from complications related to cancer.
From Los Angeles Times
Their research, published in Nature Communications, points toward a path for developing safer statins that do not cause these complications.
From Science Daily
Adding to the complications, Altadena’s water agencies are also suing Southern California Edison, claiming its transmission line started the fire.
From Los Angeles Times
Fully sustainable fuels, made from waste biomass or synthetic industrial processes, have added a new complication, as they burn differently from fossil fuel petrol.
From BBC
“But the Germans added new procedures, new complications, just as they launched their attack in Western Europe. Now we’re shut out again.”
From Literature
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