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English Dictionary: complication by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
complication
n
  1. the act or process of complicating
  2. a situation or condition that is complex or confused; "her coming was a serious complication"
  3. 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"
  4. a development that complicates a situation; "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
    Synonym(s): complication, ramification
  5. puzzling complexity
    Synonym(s): complicatedness, complication, knottiness, tortuousness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Complication \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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