to undergo decompensation due to disease or impairment
Eventually the brain may 'decompensate', resulting in a severe stress response tojobs that previously caused little anxiety.
Examples of 'decompensate' in a sentence
decompensate
He continued to decompensate and expired following a terminal extubation.
Roman L. Kleynberg, Vera M. Kleynberg, Leonid M. Kleynberg, Danny Farahmandian 2011, 'Chronic Constrictive Pericarditis in Association with End-Stage Renal Disease', International Journal of Nephrologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/469602. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Her symptoms did not improve rapidly with steroids, nor did she rapidly decompensate as has been frequently described.
Amanda M. Sherrod, Adam Brufsky, Shannon Puhalla 2011, 'A Case of Late-Onset Gemcitabine Lung Toxicity', Clinical Medicine Insights: Oncologyhttps://doi.org/10.4137/CMO.S6643. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)