complication

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A problem or difficulty that makes a situation harder to deal with.

   Their late arrival created a serious complication for the whole schedule.

2. 2
   noun

   A new medical problem that develops because of an existing illness or injury.

   Bed sores are a common complication for patients who cannot move easily.

3. 3
   noun

   Confusing complexity; the state of being complicated.

   The instructions were full of needless complication that nobody could follow.

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

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