SINCE 1828
compensatory
adjective
com·pen·sa·to·ry
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Medical Definition of compensatory
: making up for a loss
especially
: serving as psychological or physiological compensation
compensatory enlargement of the heart to overcome this feeling of inferiority by developing such compensatory mechanisms as intelligent aggression or shrewdness — Edward Sapir
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