HyperDic: atelectasis

English > 1 sense of the word atelectasis:
NOUNstateatelectasiscollapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants)
English > atelectasis: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningCollapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth / birth.
BroaderpathologyAny deviation from a healthy or normal / normal condition
Spanishatelectasia
Catalanatelectasia, atelèctasi

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