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decompensating

decompensating is the present participle and gerund of decompensate.

Meaning of decompensate

Verb

decompensate (third-person singular simple present decompensates, present participle decompensating, simple past and past participle decompensated)

  1. To deteriorate in function due to an inability to invoke normal defensive mechanisms that compensate for ailments and other stresses.
    • The infant whose heart is decompensating has a rapid pulse, rapid respirations, and respiratory distress.1967, Virginia Pidgeon, “The Infant with Congenital Heart Disease”, in The American Journal of Nursing, volume 67, number 2, page 291

Questions about decompensating

What is decompensating the present participle and gerund of?
Decompensating is the present participle and gerund of decompensate.

Words near decompensating in the dictionary

  1. decompartmentalizing
  2. decomped
  3. decompensate
  4. decompensated
  5. decompensates
  6. decompensating
  7. decompensation
  8. decompensations
  9. decompensatory
  10. decompilable
  11. decompilation

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