Complication1. (n.) The act of confusing the relation of parts; entanglement; an addition to a prexisting illness or circumstance.
2. (n.) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
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