potential complication

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potential
adjective[before noun]
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/pəˈten.ʃəl/us
/poʊˈten.ʃəl/
possible when the necessary ...
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complication
noun
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/ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
something that makes a situation more difficult, or the act of ...
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Severely suppressed bone turnover: apotentialcomplicationof alendronate therapy.
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Any lesion must be borne in mind as apotentialcomplication.
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Peripheral embolization represents anotherpotentialcomplicationwhich may require cardiac investigation.
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To illustrate thispotentialcomplication, suppose, for example, that an investigator found that adolescents experience more fatigue than children.
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Thispotentialcomplicationcan be avoided by mobilization of the isolated subclavian artery and anastomosis to the aorta, as performed in our second patient.
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Anotherpotentialcomplicationis the possibility of segregation distortion, which is most likely due to association between markers and deleterious mutations.
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Onepotentialcomplicationwhen interpreting these studies is that in both these models bouts of peripheral demyelination and remyelination occur over months, often within the same nerve fiber.
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Potentialcomplicationlacking surgery includes blindness and eventually premature death.
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In rare cases, another surgery is needed to fix apotentialcomplication.
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Bronchospasms are a seriouspotentialcomplicationof placing a breathing tube during general anesthesia.
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However, immune system reaction to nickel is apotentialcomplicationof 316.
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Pneumonia, anotherpotentialcomplication, develops in as many as 20% of people with pulmonary contusion.
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The procedure is not technically difficult but carries thepotentialcomplicationof inducing a stroke.
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It seems likely therefore that thispotentialcomplicationdoes not strongly bias results for more shallow divergences.
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Apotentialcomplicationof altering a vehicle's aerodynamics is that it may cause the vehicle to get too much lift.
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Eyelid cellulitis is anotherpotentialcomplicationof eye styes, which is a generalized infection of the eyelid.
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Despite thispotentialcomplication, nearly all the different tunnel center lines met within 2 in or so.
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Apotentialcomplicationis the medium in the reactor becoming compacted, increasing back pressure onto the pump and reducing water into the reactor.
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