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{
"term": "complication",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a thing that makes a situation more complicated or difficult",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The bad weather added a further complication to our journey."
},
{
"text": "Further complications arose when they published an interview with his family."
},
{
"text": "The presence of an armed gang added a major complication."
},
{
"text": "We always try to avoid any unnecessary complications."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["major", "added", "additional"],
"verb + complication": ["add", "cause", "avoid"],
"complication + verb": ["arise", "ensue", "occur"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a new problem or illness that makes treatment of a previous one more complicated or difficult",
"labels": "(medical)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She developed complications after the surgery."
},
{
"text": "Infertility is one of the complications of this type of radiotherapy."
},
{
"text": "the devastating complications of diabetes"
},
{
"text": "complications with her pregnancy."
},
{
"text": "The treatment carries a high risk of complications."
},
{
"text": "She developed complications two weeks after the treatment."
},
{
"text": "He died of complications from cancer surgery."
},
{
"text": "He died from complications related to diabetes."
},
{
"text": "Complications develop if the drug is not used properly."
},
{
"text": "complication rates from eye surgery"
}
],
"topics": ["Health problems"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["acute", "dangerous", "life-threatening"],
"verb + complication": ["develop", "have", "suffer"],
"complication + verb": ["arise", "develop", "occur"],
"complication + noun": ["rate"],
"preposition": [
"complication with",
"complication from",
"complication of"
],
"phrases": [
"a risk of complications",
"complications related to something"
]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɒmplɪˈkeɪʃn/",
"audio": "co/complication/complication__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌkɑːmplɪˈkeɪʃn/",
"audio": "co/complication/complication__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin complicatio(n-), from Latin complicare ‘fold together’, from com- ‘together’ + plicare ‘to fold’."
}