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; entanglement; 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.