Meaning & use

stabilized

adjective·Academic

Made steady, secure, or resistant to change after a period of fluctuation.

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The patient's condition stabilized overnight after emergency surgery.

Engineers stabilized the leaning tower with steel cables and concrete supports.

A note on using this word

Common in medical and financial contexts to describe something moving from crisis toward steadiness.

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