" complexes "

[Verb]  | "com*plex" | \ käm-ˈpleks \

1: to make complex or into a complex

2: chelate

Origin: 1658 ;

 Derivative of {see: |complex:1|complex:1} or {see: |complex:2|complex:2};

[Noun]  | "com*plex" | \ ˈkäm-ˌpleks \

1: a whole made up of complicated or interrelated parts

2: a group of culture traits relating to a single activity (such as hunting), process (such as use of flint), or culture unit

3: a group of repressed desires and memories that exerts a dominating influence upon the personality

Origin: circa 1652 ;

 Borrowed from Latin complexus "embrace, grasp, inclusion" (Late Latin also, "whole, entirety") from complector, complectī "to embrace, grasp, encompass, include" + -tus, suffix of action nouns; (sense 2b (1)) after German Komplex{mat|complex:2|};

[Noun]  | "AIDS-related complex" 

1: 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

Origin: 1984 ;

[Noun]  | "B complex" 

1: vitamin b complex

Origin: 1933 ;

[Noun]  | "coordination complex" 

1: a compound or ion with a central usually metallic atom or ion combined by coordinate bonds with a definite number of surrounding ions, groups, or molecules —called also coordination compound

Origin: 1951 ;

[Noun]  | "inferiority complex" 

1: an acute sense of personal inferiority often resulting either in timidity or through overcompensation in exaggerated aggressiveness

2: a collective sense of cultural, regional, or national inferiority

Origin: 1922 ;

[Noun]  | "major histocompatibility complex" 

1: a group of genes in mammals that code for cell-surface polymorphic glycoprotein molecules which display antigenic peptide fragments for T cell recognition and aid in the ability of the immune system to determine self from nonself —often used before another noun —abbreviation MHC

Origin: 1972 ;

[Noun]  | "military-industrial complex" 

1: an informal alliance of the military and related government departments with defense industries that is held to influence government policy

Origin: 1961 ;

[Noun]  | "MSG symptom complex" 

1: a group of symptoms (such as facial flushing, palpitations, headache, sweating, and numbness or burning in or around the mouth) held to affect susceptible persons eating food heavily seasoned with monosodium glutamate

Origin: 1995 ;

[Noun]  | "Napoleon complex" 

1: a domineering or aggressive attitude perceived as a form of overcompensation for being physically small or short —not used technically

Origin: 1924 ;

 After {see: |napoléon i|Napoleon I:b} (Napoléon Bonaparte);

[Noun]  | "complexes" 

[Noun]  | "complex" 

[Verb]  | "complexes" 

[Verb]  | "complex"