Definition
decompensated
adjective
- Unable to maintain normal physiological or psychological function; having lost the ability to compensate for an underlying condition or disorder.
Usage: Medical/clinical term; Often used in healthcare contexts
verb
- Past tense and past participle of decompenstate; to lose the ability to maintain normal function or to fail to compensate for a disorder or condition.
Usage: Medical/clinical term; Used in healthcare and psychology
Examples
- The patient's heart condition decompensated after he stopped taking his medication.
- A decompensated liver cannot filter toxins effectively from the blood.
- Her mental health decompensated during the period of extreme stress.
- The decompensated patient required immediate hospitalization.
- Without proper treatment, the disease may become decompensated.
- His kidney function decompensated over several months.