| NOUN | state | atelectasis | collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants) |
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| Meaning | Collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth / birth. | |
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| Broader | pathology | Any deviation from a healthy or normal / normal condition |
| Spanish | atelectasia | |
| Catalan | atelectasia, atelèctasi | |
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