Com`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L. compliasion: cf. F. complication.]
1.
The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entaglement; complexity.
A complication of diseases.
Macaulay.
Through and beyond these dark complications of the present, the New England founders looked to the great necessities of future times.
Palfrey.
2. Med.
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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