| compensatory | Providing compensation; making up for a deficiency or loss. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| compensatory atrophy | Atrophy especially of an endocrine organ as a result of its function being assumed by a new source of hormone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory circulation | Circulation established in dilated collateral vessels when the main vessel of the part is obstructed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory hypertrophy | Increase in size of an organ or part of an organ or tissue, when called upon to do additional work or perform the work of destroyed tissue or of a paired organ. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory hypertrophy of the heart | Thickening of the walls of the heart in response to vascular, valvular, other heart disease, or athletic conditioning. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory pause | The pause following an extrasystole, when the pause is long enough to compensate for the prematurity of the extrasystole; the short cycle ending with the extrasystole plus the pause following the extrasystole together equal two of the regular cycles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| compensatory polycythemia | A secondary polycythemia resulting from anoxia, e.g., in congenital heart disease, pulmonary emphysema, or prolonged residence at a high altitude. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Ehringhaus compensator | Device used in interference or polarization microscopy to reduce the brightness of the object to zero in order to measure the phase retardation (optical path difference). The compensator consists of a birefringent crystal plate that can be tilted. An alternative to Senarmont compensation and has the advantage that it can be applied to retardations of more than one wavelength. (18 Nov 1997) |
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