Definition of Complicated

1. Adjective. Difficult to analyze or understand. "Complicated Middle East politics"

Similar to: Complex
Derivative terms: Complicatedness

Definition of Complicated

1. Adjective. difficult or convoluted ¹

2. Adjective. (Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects) ¹

3. Verb. (past of complicate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Complicated

1. complicate [v] - See also: complicate

Medical Definition of Complicated

1. Made complex; denoting a disease upon which a morbid process or event has been superimposed, altering symptoms and modifying its course for the worse. Origin: L. Com-plico, pp. -atus, to fold together (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Complicated

complexometric
complexometry
complexus
compliable
compliance
compliance of bladder
compliance of heart
compliances
compliancies
compliancy
compliant
compliantly
complicacies
complicacy
complicate
complicated (current term)
complicated cataract
complicated fracture
complicated migraine
complicatedly
complicatedness
complicately
complicateness
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complicating
complication
complications
complice
complices

Literary usage of Complicated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Cesarean Section for Contracted Pelvis complicated by Twin Pregnancy.— COWF.N (Brit. Med. ... The puerperal period was also complicated by ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The result is an exceedingly complicated system of stationary waves. ... The inner ear is a somewhat complicated cavity in the solid bone of the skull. ..."

3. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1846)
"But it is a most singular fact, that he appears to have taught all his tribe grand or complicated object, such as our ship. Bougainville has well remarked ..."

4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1901)
"Two Cases of Typhoid Fever complicated by Noma. BY JOSEPH SAILER, MD [ABSTRACT.] [Read October 23,1901.] The following cases were observed at the University ..."

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