📚 noun • entry_id 40582

atelectasis

/æ.tɪˈlɛk.tə.sɪs/

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Meanings (ES + gloss)

atelectasia

The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.

Atelectasis means a non-expansion of the lungs.

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