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Vinony

complication

noun

  1. unfavourable evolution of a disease, a health condition or a therapy
  2. cause to be more difficult, involved
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ / /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ / /ˌkɑm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

noun

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

  1. The act or process of complicating.
  2. The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
  3. A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
  4. A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
  5. 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.”

    “In their final year, each student must make their own watch with a complication—from a tourbillon to a chiming mode to having a date display.”

  6. A twisting or intertwining.

    “the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.”