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decompensation

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de·com·pen·sa·tion  (dkm-pn-sshn)
n.
1. Medicine Failure of the heart to maintain adequate blood circulation, marked by labored breathing, engorged blood vessels, and edema.
2. Psychology The inability to maintain defense mechanisms in response to stress, resulting in personality disturbance or psychological imbalance.
de·compen·sate v.
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First, an infectious agent produces chronic illness or long-term disability through progressive tissue pathology or organ decompensation (e.
Emerging infectious determinants of chronic diseases by Hughes, James M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Long-term effect of brace treatment on spinal decompensation in idiopathic scoliosis: a comparison of Milwaukee brace-Cheneau corset [in German].
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2000), decompensation of heart failure patients (Morris and Naumova 1998; Schwartz and Morris 1995; Wellenius et al.
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