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      complications
      noun
      The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
      The act or process of complicating.
      (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
      (horology) A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
      A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
      (obsolete) A twisting or intertwining.
      Roots
      plicoplic- · Latin · fold
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