Definition of uncompensated
1 : not providing or provided with monetary compensation : not paid or compensated uncompensated medical care/costs uncompensated workers … many thousands of our countrymen devote their rosy prime to the harsh and uncompensated work of writing poetry … — Marilynne Robinson
2a : not corrected or affected by physiological compensation — see compensation 1b uncompensated congestive heart failureb : accompanied by a change in the pH of the blood uncompensated acidosis
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1775
First Known Use of uncompensated
1775
Medical Dictionary
uncompensated
playMedical Definition of uncompensated
1: accompanied by a change in the pH of the blood uncompensated acidosis uncompensated alkalosis—compare compensated
2: not corrected or affected by physiological compensation uncompensated congestive heart failure
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