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Adaptation, Compensation, and Decompensation

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The 26th edition of Stedman’s Medical Dictionary offers the following definitions:

Adaptation: an advantageous change in function or constitution of an organ or tissue to meet new conditions (p. 23).

Compensation: term used to describe a process in which a tendency for a change in a given direction is counteracted by another change so that the original change is not evident (p. 372).

Decompensation: a failure of compensation (in heart disease) (p. 445).

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  1. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 21287, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Bronwyn Jones MD, FRACP, FRCR (Professor of Radiology, Director) (Professor of Radiology, Director)

  2. The Johns Hopkins Swallowing Center, 21287, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Bronwyn Jones MD, FRACP, FRCR (Professor of Radiology, Director) (Professor of Radiology, Director)

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Jones, B. (2003). Adaptation, Compensation, and Decompensation. In: Jones, B. (eds) Normal and Abnormal Swallowing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-22434-3_5

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