Decompensation Definition

dēkŏm-pən-sāshən
noun
Failure of the heart muscle to compensate for a valvular or myocardial defect; heart failure.
Webster's New World
The inability of a bodily organ or system, especially the circulatory system, to maintain adequate physiological function in the presence of disease.
American Heritage Medicine
Failure of defense mechanisms in response to stress, resulting in a mental disorder.
Webster's New World

(psychology) The deterioration of cognitive or emotional functionality in a person who is distressed or who suffers from a psychological disorder.

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Other Word Forms of Decompensation

Noun

Singular:
decompensation
Plural:
decompensations

Decompensation Sentence Examples

  • Liver function In patients who develop evidence of hepatic decompensation during treatment, Pegasys should be discontinued.

  • It has been well established that narcotics given to conscious patients with some degree of intracranial decompensation will cause a rise in intracranial pressure.

  • Later, it may occur because of an acute decompensation of chronic heart failure.

  • Surgery in patients with liver dysfunction The Child-Pugh classification is a useful method of staging the progress of liver decompensation.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEC

Words Ending With

NONION

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