Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Ramification has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
the act of branching out or dividing into branches
a development that complicates a situation
"the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications"
an arrangement of branching parts
A branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.