possible complication

collocation in English

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possible
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/us
/ˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
able to be done or achieved, or able ...
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complication
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
something that makes a situation more difficult, or the act of ...
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This border zone ischemia is reported as apossiblecomplicationafter prolonged carotid occlusion.
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Endocarditis is apossiblecomplicationof this procedure which we did not experience.
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That involves the greatestpossiblecomplication.
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The authors suggest that oncologists should optimize the use of antiemetic drugs and be aware of akathisia as apossiblecomplicationof cancer treatment.
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Apossiblecomplicationof using inequality constraints with atoms is that, with a sufficient number of inequality constraints, the constraints may become unsatisfiable.
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I mention this, not as an accomplished fact but as apossiblecomplicationagainst which the precautions might be taken.
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It is a tribute to those two people on the interim advisory committee that credibility was retained; but it was not without apossiblecomplication.
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Apossiblecomplicationof surgical intervention for chronic compartment syndrome can be chronic venous insufficiency.
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Two of those rates, the simplest ones, stamp duty on share transfer and on cheques, about which there is nopossiblecomplication, raise nearly half of the duty.
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In fact, one achieves apossiblecomplicationbecause it is a term of art in landlord and tenant work, as it is in vendor and purchaser work.
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Apossiblecomplicationis represented by a blood clot flowing from the heart into the brain causing an embolic stroke.
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Orchialgia may be caused by injury, infection, surgery, cancer or testicular torsion and is apossiblecomplicationafter vasectomy.
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It is apossiblecomplicationof all intraocular surgeries, particularly cataract surgery, with possible loss of vision and the eye itself.
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As with any ileal resection, apossiblecomplicationis mild steatorrhea due to a reduced uptake of bile acids by the ileum.
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If mumps is acquired by a male who is past puberty, apossiblecomplicationis bilateral orchitis which can in some cases lead to sterility.
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Anotherpossiblecomplicationis if in environmental samples, non-equivalent metal/ion transport for parents and daughter species may complicate or invalidate the use of chronometric measurements.
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