{
    "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’."
}