complication

Noun

• puzzling complexity

• a development that complicates a situation
  • the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications
    

• any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease
  • bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis
    

• a situation or condition that is complex or confused
  • her coming was a serious complication
    

• the act or process of complicating

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  complicatedness , knottiness , tortuousness , ramification