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Complication

//ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of complicating. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act or process of complicating wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    puzzling complexity wordnet
  5. 5
    A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a development that complicates a situation wordnet
  2. 7
    A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    a situation or condition that is complex or confused wordnet
  4. 9
    A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece. countable, uncountable

    "Obsessed, he was after a watch that contained the greatest number of complications in the boldest combinations in the smallest space imaginable."

  5. 10
    any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease wordnet
  6. 11
    A twisting or intertwining. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes."

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.

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