Decompensation

//diːˌkɒmpɛnˈseɪʃən//

"Decompensation" in a Sentence (2 examples)

Once it was determined that hyperthyroidism was the probable etiology of her cardiac decompensation, the next step was treatment of the underlying disease.

A varying percentage of our combat soldiers reach the limit of their endurance and must leave their foxholes, not for physical wounds but because of emotional decompensation.

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