atelectasis meaning

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atelectasis (noun): collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth.

Definition of atelectasis

  1. collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth

    Type of: pathology

Scrabble score: 13 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with AT · words ending in IS · 11-letter words

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