The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SHINGLES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SHINGLES
- Disease affected legs, lower part first
- 24 Complaint of individuals getting out of hospital
- Singular sort of English disease
- Complaint from unmarried people about husband
- Disease of bony part of leg, leg broken by son
- Building materials for a painful inflammatory disease
- Unmarried sister initially consumes a pinch of hashish for herpes zoster
- Tinder users, say, receiving husband’s complaint
- Singular sort of English affliction
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The straight part
We know that "Complaint" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case complaint = shingles.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SHINGLES mean?
SHINGLES noun- Herpes zoster, caused by Human herpes virus 3, in genus Varicellovirus.
- A small, thin piece of building material, often with one end thicker than the other, for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of a building.
- A rectangular piece of steel obtained by means of a shingling process involving hammering of puddled steel.
- A small signboard designating a professional office; this may be both a physical signboard or a metaphoric term for a small production company (a production shingle).
- A punitive strap such as a belt.
- (by extension) Any paddle used for corporal punishment.
- Small, smooth pebbles, as found on a beach.