Subplot and Complication

noun

• The act or process of complicating.
• A situation or condition that is complex or confused.
  • usage: "her coming was a serious complication"
• Any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease.
  • usage: "bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis"
• A development that complicates a situation.
  • usage: "the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
  • synonyms: ramification
• Puzzling complexity.
  • synonyms: complicatedness, knottiness, tortuousness

• (n.) A disease or diseases or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
• (n.) The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entanglement; complexity.