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It is typically used in medical contexts to describe a failure of an organ or system to maintain normal function, often following a period of compensation. Example: "The patient's decompensation was evident as their heart began to fail despite previous treatments." Alternatives include "deterioration" or "decline."
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decompensation
noun
The inability of a diseased or weakened organic system or organ to compensate for its deficiency, resulting in functional deterioration.
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When Katerina had initially been evaluated in Canada, none of the medical reports said that she was experiencing congestive heart failure — only that she "might be on the verge of cardiac decompensation".
As a result, the source said, the patient was "undergoing a quiet decompensation where he just gets sicker and sicker".
There is a reason bribery is against the law: children who are being bribed recognize that they've got you, that you cannot bear the shame of their public decompensation, that you will do anything, pay any price, to avoid the moment that forces you to say things like, "I know you must be very angry".
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