Made complex; denoting a disease upon which a morbid process or event has been superimposed, altering symptoms and modifying its course for the worse. [L. com-plico, pp. -atus, to fold together]
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com·pli·cat·ed adj of a bone fracture characterized by injury to nearby parts
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com·pli·cat·ed (komґplĭ-kāt″əd) [L. complicare to infold] involved; associated with other injuries, lesions, or diseases.Medical dictionary. 2011.