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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Complication

Hello
Help me please.Every dictionary lists 2-3 senses!
" Pregnancy and birth complications have also been shown to be associated with the development of behavior problems in offspring "
http://focus.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?Volume=2&page=558&journalID=21

What does complication mean?
  

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In this case it means "problems."
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Why would it mean so here?
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Hi,

Ideally, a birth should be simple for both mother and child.

Some births are not so simple, eg the baby starts to arrive sideways, or is too big. Such matters make the birth a more complicated process. Hence, they are called 'complications'.

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