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ˌdecompenˈsation Med.
[f. de- II. 2 + compensation 1 c.]
A state or condition of having lost compensation (sense 1 c), spec., as in cardiac decompensation, circulatory decompensation, a failure of the heart to maintain adequate circulation, after a period of compensation. Hence deˈcompensated ppl. a.
1905Gould Dict. New Med. Terms 208/1. 1938 H. A. Christian Osler's Princ. & Pract. Med. (ed. 13) 1037 Treatment of the Permanently Decompensated Cardiac. Ibid., Sooner or later irremediable decompensation will come. 1953Faber Med. Dict. 114/1 Cardiac or circulatory decompensation. 1961Lancet 5 Aug. 314/2 We considered they had died from decompensated hypertensive cardiac failure. 1961Ibid. 19 Aug. 429/1 Patients with enlarged hearts, cardiac decompensation, and diabetes. |