English-Thai Dictionary

complication

N การ ทำ ให้ยา ก  การ ทำให้ ยุ่ง  complexity kan-tam-hai-yak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPLICATION

n. 1. The act of interweaving, or involving two or more things or parts; the state of being interwoven, involved or intimately blended.
The notions of a confused knowledge are always full of perplexity and complications.
2. The integral consisting of many things involved or interwoven, or mutually united.
By admitting a complication of ideas--the mind is bewildered.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPLICATION

Com `pli *ca "tion, n. Etym: [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. )

 

Defn: A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

complication

com pli ca tion |ˌkämpləˈkāSHən ˌkɑmpləˈkeɪʃən | ▶noun 1 a circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty: there is a complication concerning ownership of the site. • an involved or confused condition or state: to add further complication, English speakers use a different name. 2 Medicine a secondary disease or condition aggravating an already existing one: she developed complications after the surgery. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin complicatio (n- ), from Latin complicare ‘fold together ’ (see complicate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

complication

com |pli |ca ¦tion |kɒmplɪˈkeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty: there is a complication concerning ownership of the site. • [ mass noun ] an involved or confused condition or state: to add further complication, English-speakers use a different name. 2 Medicine a secondary disease or condition aggravating an already existing one: she developed complications after the surgery. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin complicatio (n- ), from Latin complicare ‘fold together ’ (see complicate ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

complication

complication noun 1 a complication concerning ownership: difficulty, problem, obstacle, hurdle, stumbling block; drawback, snag, catch, hitch; informal fly in the ointment, headache. 2 the complication of life in our society: complexity, complicatedness, intricacy, convolutedness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

complication

complication noun 1 there is a complication concerning ownership of the site: difficulty, problem, obstacle, hurdle, stumbling block, barrier, impediment; drawback, snag, catch, hitch; informal fly in the ointment, prob, headache, hiccup, facer; Brit. informal spanner in the works; N. Amer. informal monkey wrench in the works. 2 the increasing complication of life in Western society: complexity, complicatedness, difficulty, intricacy, convolution, convolutedness, elaboration; confusion, muddle. ANTONYMS simplicity, straightforwardness.

 

French Dictionary

complication

complication n. f. nom féminin 1 Concours de faits, de circonstances de nature à compliquer quelque chose. : Des complications sont à craindre. SYNONYME difficulté ; embarras ; ennui ; problème . 2 Aggravation d ’une maladie, d ’une blessure. : Loïc a été opéré pour une appendicite et il y a eu des complications parce qu ’il est allergique à certains médicaments. Note Technique En ce sens, le nom s ’emploie généralement au pluriel.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

complication

com pli ca tion /kɑ̀mpləkéɪʃ (ə )n |kɔ̀m -/→complicate 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C U 状況を複雑に [難しく ]する事 [問題 ]; やっかいな問題 [状況 ]; 困難化 , 複雑化 .2 C 〖通例 ～s 〗〘医 〙 «…が原因の » 合併症 , 余病 «from » ▸ die of complications from lung cancer 肺癌 （がん ）の余病により死亡する 3 C (要素 物体などの )複雑な結合 [組み合わせ ].