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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 complications";
   - ramification, complexity
    
5. Puzzling complexity
   - complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness

Derived forms: complications

Type of: complexity, complexness, development, disease, hinderance, hindrance, interference, situation, state of affairs

Encyclopedia: Complication