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Adaptation, Compensation, and Decompensation

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Stedman’s Medical Dictionary (1) defines adaptation, compensation, and decompensation as follows:

  • Adaptation: an advantageous change in function or constitution of an organ or tissue to meet new conditions.

  • 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.

  • Decompensation: a failure of compensation.

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  1. Basmajian JV, et al (eds): Stedman’s Medical Dictionary, ed 24. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1982.

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  1. Bronwyn Jones
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  2. Martin W. Donner
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 21205, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Bronwyn Jones F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.R. (Associate Professor of Radiology, Director) & Martin W. Donner M.D. (Professor of Radiology, Director Emeritus, Founder) (Associate Professor of Radiology, Director) &  (Professor of Radiology, Director Emeritus, Founder)

  2. The Johns Hopkins Swallowing Center, 21205, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Bronwyn Jones F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.R. (Associate Professor of Radiology, Director) (Associate Professor of Radiology, Director)

  3. The Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins Swallowing Center, 21205, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

    Martin W. Donner M.D. (Professor of Radiology, Director Emeritus, Founder) (Professor of Radiology, Director Emeritus, Founder)

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Jones, B., Donner, M.W. (1991). Adaptation, Compensation, and Decompensation. In: Jones, B., Donner, M.W. (eds) Normal and Abnormal Swallowing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4150-6_5

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