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Webster 1913 Edition
Complication
Comˊpli-ca′tion
,Noun.
[L.
compliasion
: cf. F. complication
.] 1.
The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Complication
COMPLICATION
, n.1.
The act of interweaving, or involving two or more things or parts; the state of being interwoven, involved or intimately blended.The notions of a confused knowledge are always full of perplexity and complications.
2.
The integral consisting of many things involved or interwoven, or mutually united.By admitting a complication of ideas--the mind is bewildered.
Definition 2024
complication
complication
English
Noun
complication (plural complications)
- The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.
- A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper; someone you need to placate.
- (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
- A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
Translations
act of complicating
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a disease
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References
- complication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin complicatio, complicationem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
- Rhymes: -sjɔ̃
- Homophone: complications
- Hyphenation: com‧pli‧ca‧tion
Noun
complication f (plural complications)