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Definitions of decompensation in various dictionaries:
Failure of the heart to maintain adequate blood circulation, marked by labored breathing, engorged blood vessels, and edema.
DECOMPENSATION - In medicine, decompensation is the functional deterioration of a structure or system that had been previously working with the help of allostatic com...
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| Medicine Failure of the heart to maintain adequate blood circulation, marked by labored breathing, engorged blood vessels, and edema. |
| Psychology The inability to maintain defense mechanisms in response to stress, resulting in personality disturbance or psychological imbalance. |
| The failure of an organ (especially the liver or heart) to compensate for the functional overload resulting from disease. |
| The failure to generate effective psychological coping mechanisms in response to stress, resulting in personality disturbance. |
| Decompensation description |
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| In medicine, decompensation is the functional deterioration of a structure or system that had been previously working with the help of allostatic compensation. Decompensation may occur due to fatigue, stress, illness, or old age. When a system is "compensated", it is able to function despite stressors or defects. Decompensation describes an inability to compensate for these deficiencies. It is a general term commonly used in medicine to describe a variety of situations. |