Thesaurus: complication

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1. n. The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.
2. n. A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
3. n. the act or process of complicating
4. n. a situation or condition that is complex or confused
5. n. any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease
6. n. a development that complicates a situation
7. n. puzzling complexity
8. 1. The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entaglement; 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.
9. A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances orconditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but notnecessarily connected with it.
10. n:100 n. the act or process of complicating n. a situation or condition that is complex or confused n. any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease n. a development that complicates a situation