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COMPLICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act or process of complicating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("complication" is a kind of...):
hinderance; hindrance; interference (the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding)
Derivation:
complicate (make more complex, intricate, or richer)
complicate (make more complicated)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Puzzling complexity
Synonyms:
complicatedness; complication; knottiness; tortuousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("complication" is a kind of...):
complexity; complexness (the quality of being intricate and compounded)
Derivation:
complicate (make more complex, intricate, or richer)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A development that complicates a situation
Example:
the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications
Synonyms:
complication; ramification
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("complication" is a kind of...):
development (a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation)
Derivation:
complicate (make more complicated)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A situation or condition that is complex or confused
Example:
her coming was a serious complication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("complication" is a kind of...):
situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)
Derivation:
complicate (make more complicated)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease
Example:
bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("complication" is a kind of...):
disease (an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning)
Derivation:
complicate (make more complicated)
Context examples:
Because of the risk of serious complications, the man was admitted to hospital, where he was fed by tube and given intravenous antibiotics until the swelling and pain had subsided.
(Blocking A Sneeze, Man Ruptures Throat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Mutation of the gene is associated with renal tubular dysgenesis and susceptibility to ischemic stroke, microvascular complications of diabetes type 3 and diabetic end-stage renal disease.
(ACE wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
Terminology related to the complications of cardiac lead systems.
(CDISC SDTM Lead Abnormality Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
For example, a pacemaker helps with certain heart complications.
(Chagas Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Almost 25% of patients experience thromboembolic complications, and 50% have liver metastases at the time of diagnosis.
(Pancreatic Glucagonoma, NCI Thesaurus)
However, a variety of treatments can sometimes prevent further damage and help with complications.
(Neural Tube Defects, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Either form is serious and can lead to complications.
(Pancreatitis, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
Administered orally, excreted pentosan polysulfate adheres to the urinary bladder wall, preventing irritants from entering bladder cells and the development or progression of interstitial cystitis (IC), a complication of some chemotherapies.
(Pentosan polysulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
“Don’t drop the instruments, I beg. Your arrest as a suspicious character would be a most unfortunate complication.”
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It may be the initial presentation of a plasma cell neoplasm or manifest as a terminal complication of plasma cell myeloma.
(Plasma Cell Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
