complication

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a situation or condition that is complex or confused

   Their arrival was a serious complication.

2. 2
   noun

   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

3. 3
   noun

   A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.

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

4. 4
   noun

   A twisting or intertwining.

   the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.

5. 5
   noun

   the act or process of complicating

6. 6
   noun

   puzzling complexity

7. 7
   noun

   a development that complicates a situation

8. 8
   noun

   The act or process of complicating.

Etymology

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