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noun(com-plex)a whole made up of complicated or interrelated parts
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noun(com-plex)a group of culture traits relating to a single activity (such as hunting), process (such as use of flint), or culture unit
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noun(com-plex)a group of repressed desires and memories that exerts a dominating influence upon the personality
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adjective(com-plex)composed of two or more parts : composite
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adjective(com-plex)having a bound form as one or more of its immediate constituents
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adjective(com-plex)consisting of a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses
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verb(com-plex)to make complex or into a complex
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verb(com-plex)chelate
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noun(com-plex)something complex
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noun(com-plex)the quality or state of being complex
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noun(com-plex)a polysaccharide (such as starch or cellulose) consisting of usually hundreds or thousands of monosaccharide units; also : a food (such as rice or pasta) composed primarily of such polysaccharides
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noun(com-plex)a fraction with a fraction or mixed number in the numerator or denominator or both
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noun(com-plex)a number of the form a + b √-1 where a and b are real numbers
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noun(com-plex)a plane whose points are identified by means of complex numbers; especially : argand diagram
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noun(com-plex)a condition of chronic, severe, often burning pain usually of part or all of one or more extremities that typically occurs following an injury, that is often accompanied by swelling, skin discoloration, allodynia, abnormal sweating, and impaired motor function in the affected area, and that is of unknown pathogenesis —abbreviation CRPS
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noun(com-plex)a group of symptoms (such as fever, weight loss, and lymphadenopathy) that is associated with the presence of antibodies to HIV and is followed by the development of AIDS in a certain proportion of cases