adj 1  :  having many varied interrelated parts, patterns, or elements and consequently hard to understand < behavior>  <a personality>  < plants and animals>   2  :  formed by the union of simpler chemical substances < proteins> 
n 1  :  a group of repressed memories, desires, and ideas that exert a dominant influence on the personality and behavior <a guilt >  - see CASTRATION COMPLEX ELECTRA COMPLEX INFERIORITY COMPLEX OEDIPUS COMPLEX PERSECUTION COMPLEX SUPERIORITY COMPLEX   2  :  a group of chromosomes arranged or behaving in a particular way - see GENE COMPLEX   3  :  a chemical association of two or more species (as ions or molecules) joined usu. by weak electrostatic bonds rather than by covalent bonds  4  :  the sum of the factors (as symptoms and lesions) characterizing a disease <primary tuberculous > 
vt 1  :  to form into a complex <RNA ed with protein>   2  :  CHELATE vi  :  to form a complex <hormones which must with specific receptors>  .
 
    
 
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