complication
Pronunciation: /ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
The English word “complication” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act or process of complicating.
- The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
- A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
- 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.
- A twisting or intertwining.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.
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