serious complication

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandcomplication

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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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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(Definition ofseriousandcomplicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thromboembolism may be aseriouscomplication.
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Again, we shall assume away thatseriouscomplication.
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This is a rare butseriouscomplication, that is potentially life-threatening.
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It is aseriouscomplication.
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It would add aseriouscomplication.
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That introduces a veryseriouscomplication.
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One of our patients had theseriouscomplicationof embolization of the device to the left pulmonary artery.
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I suggest that this is aseriouscomplication.
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Although this resolved completely within 3 days, and remained normal during a follow-up period of 26 months, this is potentially aseriouscomplication.
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It is also used for local purposes, which gives rise to aseriouscomplication.
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A furtherseriouscomplicationarises from the split timing of the proposal.
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A further and moreseriouscomplicationarose, which makes the case more difficult to judge.
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Fibrosing mediastinitis is aseriouscomplicationand can be fatal.
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The mostseriouscomplicationof compound skull fractures is infection.
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It is to cover medical benefits, and if you give medical benefits in addition you introduce aseriouscomplicationto the doctors.
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Renal failure is aseriouscomplicationrequiring treatment in its own right.
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Aseriouscomplicationwas the presence of mines along the border.
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Infection in a kidney or liver cyst is a particularlyseriouscomplication.
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Early signs of thisseriouscomplicationmay be coughing on drinking or eating.
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The mostseriouscomplicationof excessive therapy is bone marrow depression, causing leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and anemia.
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I think it would introduce an unusual and, in many quarters that matter in the museum world, an unwanted andseriouscomplicationin the system of charging.
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The mostseriouscomplicationgenerally is the gastrointestinal perforation, which is life-threatening and requires immediate major surgery for repair.
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