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complication
noun
1 complication
The act or process of complicating.
Roget 59a:
complexity;
complexness
etc.
adj.;
complexus†;
complication,
implication;
intricacy,
intrication†;
perplexity;
network,
labyrinth;
wilderness,
jungle;
involution,
raveling,
entanglement;
coil
etc.
(convolution)
248;
sleave†,
tangled skein,
knot,
Gordian knot,
wheels within wheels;
kink,
gnarl,
knarl†;
webwork†.
[complexity if a task or action]
difficulty
etc.
704.
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2 complication
A situation or condition that is complex or confused.
3 complication
Any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease.
Polish: powikłanie
4 complication
A development that complicates a situation.
synonym: ramification.
Dutch: complicatie, verwikkeling
Polish: zagmatwanie się, poplątanie się, zawikłanie się, skomplikowanie się, pogmatwanie się, powikłanie się, zapętlenie się, pokomplikowanie się
5 complication
Puzzling complexity.
synonyms: complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness.
Polish: pogmatwanie, poplątanie, zapętlenie, powikłanie, skomplikowanie, pokomplikowanie, zagmatwanie, zawikłanie
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