See Also: decompensation(medicine)
Decompensation(health)
decompensation(dictionary)

closed (oh) and decompensation (iou)


closed (oh)



not open
-synonym shut shut
-opposite open open
::Make sure all the windows are closed.
::She kept her eyes tightly closed.
[not before noun] if a shop, public building etc is closed, it is not open and people cannot enter or use it
-synonym shut shut
-opposite open open
::The shops here are closed on Sundays.
closed to the public/visitors etc
::The castle is closed to visitors in winter.
restricted to a particular group of people
-opposite open open
::The Golf club has closed membership .
::a closed meeting
::The police have a closed circle of suspects.
not willing to accept new ideas or influences
-opposite open open
::You're facing this situation with a closed mind .
closed society/world/way of life
::Venetian Art in this period was a closed world.
behind closed doors
if something happens behind closed doors, it happens in private and the public are not allowed in
::It seems that the deal was made behind closed doors.
::Football authorities ordered the club to play its next two Games behind closed doors after the riots in February.
a closed book (to sb)
a subject or problem that someone does not know about or understand
::Mathematics has always been a closed book to me.
a closed set (of sth)
a restricted group, or a group that cannot change or grow
::The law is not a closed set of rules and principles.
-see also in closed session at session (2)

decompensation (iou)



decompensation noun. E20.
[from DE- 3 + COMPENSATION.]
Medicine. (A condition of) failure of compensation (COMPENSATION 1b); esp. inability of the heart to maintain circulation after a period of compensation.
de'compensated adjective associated with or exhibiting decompensation M20.