Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: decompensation
  1. (medicine) the inability of an organ to compensate for problems caused by disease, resulting in worse function
     
  2. (psychology) failure to cope with stress

Derived forms: decompensations

Encyclopedia: Decompensation

Nearest

decolonize
decolor
decolorise
decolorize
decolour
decolourise
decolourize
decommission
decommunise
decommunize
decompensation
decompile
decomposable
decompose
decomposer
decomposition
decomposition reaction
decompositional
decompound
decompound leaf
decompress