Decompensate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /diːˈkɒmpɛnseɪt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Decompensate is a verb meaning (medicine, psychology, of a bodily organ or mental state) To deteriorate in function due to an inability to invoke normal defensive mechanisms that compensate for ailments and other stresses.
Meaning
(medicine, psychology, of a bodily organ or mental state) To deteriorate in function due to an inability to invoke normal defensive mechanisms that compensate for ailments and other stresses.
Example Sentences
The infant whose heart is decompensating has a rapid pulse, rapid respirations, and respiratory distress.
In some cases, the fragile individual, overwhelmed by the implicit demands and expectations for sociability, coherence, and "constructive" behavior, rapidly decompensates, taking flight into psychosis or protective withdrawal.
Word Forms
- decompensates
- decompensating
- decompensated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include depersonalize, break down, discommodate, devolve, decompartmentalise, degenerate.
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