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Definition of: vicious circle
1. The process or predicament that arises when the solution of a problem creates a new problem and each successive solution adds another problem.
2. Logic Argument in a circle. See under CIRCLE.
3. Med. The accelerating effect of one disease upon another when the two are coexistent.
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