Definitions For Decompensate

Verb

{{en-verb}} (medicine, psychology, of a bodily organ or mental state) To deteriorate in function due to an inability to invoke normal defensive mechanisms that compensate for ailments and other stresses.

Related terms

decompensation

Etymology

de + compensate

Is Decompensate a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
23

The word Decompensate is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

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