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complication

[kom-pli-kay-shuhn] / ˌkɒm plɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Approximately 20% to 50% of patients who develop this complication experience repeated arthritis flares, and symptoms can persist for months or even years after immunotherapy ends.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Novartis shelves a study for Fabhalta in patients with a serious kidney-disease complication, adding to a growing list of clinical setbacks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

My main concern: The one complication is that I have some reservations about the long-term stability of my younger son’s marriage.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

“This is a well known complication of using nitrous oxide,” Schwarz said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

The boy’s death was a complication of her escape, like the absence of a full moon or losing the head start because Lovey had been discovered out of her cabin.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

The cause was complications of a benign brain tumor removed eight years ago, his wife and longtime NPR news producer Neenah Ellis told the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

She was considering moving into an apartment for her sophomore year, and I had to work through complications about leases, providing an allowance and related expenses.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026

That might sound dramatic, but getting older often comes with health complications.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

They said the patient was being treated for a serious illness in a Lyon hospital and experienced neurological complications thought to have been "very likely linked" to the virus, based on initial findings.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Worrying about complications before ruling out the possibility that the answer was simple would have been damned foolishness.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson


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