Cŏm'/pli-cā'tion, n.

noun

n. [Fr. complication, Lat. complicatio.]

Sense 1. Intricate or confused blending of parts; entanglement; the act or state of being involved; 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.

Sense 2. (Med.) A disease co-existent with and modifying another without being necessarily connected with it.