Definition
decompensates
verb
- to fail to maintain adequate physiological or psychological function; to break down in health or mental state
Usage: medical/psychological term; third-person singular present tense of 'decompensate'
Examples
- The patient's condition decompensates rapidly without proper medication.
- When stress levels become too high, some people decompensates mentally.
- His liver function decompensates as the disease progresses.
- The system decompensates under extreme pressure.
- Without treatment, her cardiac function decompensates over time.