decompensate

English

Etymology

de- +‎ compensate

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈkɒmpɛnseɪt/

Verb

decompensate (third-person singular simple present decompensates, present participle decompensating, simple past and past participle decompensated)

(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.
- 1967, Virginia Pidgeon, "The Infant with Congenital Heart Disease," The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 67, no. 2, p. 291:
  The infant whose heart is decompensating has a rapid pulse, rapid respirations, and respiratory distress.
- 1983, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, "A Proposal for the Aftercare of Chronic Psychiatric Patients," Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 11-12:
  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.

Related terms

decompensation

单词	decompensate
释义	decompensate English Etymology de- +‎ compensate Pronunciation (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈkɒmpɛnseɪt/ Verb decompensate (third-person singular simple present decompensates, present participle decompensating, simple past and past participle decompensated) (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. 1967, Virginia Pidgeon, "The Infant with Congenital Heart Disease," The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 67, no. 2, p. 291: The infant whose heart is decompensating has a rapid pulse, rapid respirations, and respiratory distress. 1983, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, "A Proposal for the Aftercare of Chronic Psychiatric Patients," Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 11-12: 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. Related terms decompensation
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