com·pen·sate

(kŏm′pən-sāt′)

v. com·pen·sat·ed, com·pen·sat·ing, com·pen·sates

v.tr.

1. To offset; counterbalance.

2. To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse: Management compensated us for the time we worked.

3. To stabilize the purchasing power of (a monetary unit) by changing the gold content in order to counterbalance price variations.

v.intr.

To serve as or provide a substitute or counterbalance.

[Latin compēnsāre, compēnsāt- : com-, com- + pēnsāre, to weigh; see (s)pen- in Indo-European roots.]

com′pen·sa′tive (kŏm′pən-sā′tĭv, kəm-pĕn′sə-tĭv) adj.

com′pen·sa′tor n.

com·pen′sa·to′ry (kəm-pĕn′sə-tôr′ē) adj.

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compensative

adjective

Affording compensation:

compensatory, remunerative.

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We can assume that the severity of the neurological deficit is first correlated with neural tissue necrosis and compensative mechanisms are not sufficient.

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