complication

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the act or process of complicating
noun a situation or condition that is complex or confused
noun any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease

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

A SLIGHT COMPLICATION 322 XXXV. — Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter, Lawrence L. Lynch
"What kind of complication?" he demanded. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
Here indeed was a terrifying complication! — The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories, Algernon Blackwood

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