Unfavourable evolution of a disease, a health condition or a therapy, which may adversely affect the prognosis or outcome.
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Examples for "complication "
Examples for "complication "
1 However, with increasing age, RP was associated with significantly higher complication rates.
2 Mr Cocker said the game added another complication for children and parents.
3 Severe rejection may lead to graft loss, a complication difficult to predict.
4 Context: Pheochromocytoma crisis is a feared and potentially lethal complication of pheochromocytoma.
5 But recently, a study published in Nature Medicine introduced a worrying complication .
1 Rathke said there was no medical complication that would change that expectation.
2 Purely as elective surgery, not because there's any medical complication that calls for it.
3 Nineteen percent of patients had a medical complication that required transfer to an acute care facility.
4 Women were excluded from the study if they had their labor induced for a medical complication .
5 A single mother who was working on a casual basis fell behind in rent because she had a medical complication .
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