complication

complication /com·pli·ca·tion/ (kom?pli-ka´shun)

1. disease(s) concurrent with another disease.

2. occurrence of several diseases in the same patient.

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com·pli·ca·tion (kmpl-kshn)

n.

A pathological process or event occurring during a disease that is not an essential part of the disease; it may result from the disease or from independent causes.

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complication (kom´plikā´shn),

n a disease or injury that develops during the treatment of an earlier disorder. An example is a bacterial infection acquired by a person weakened by a viral infection.

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complication

1. a disease(s) concurrent with another disease.

2. the occurrence of two or more diseases in the same patient.

3. the occurrence of a second disease as a consequence of the first.