transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌa-tə-ˈlek-tə-səs ]
noun
( plural at·el·ec·ta·ses -ˌsēz)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek atelēs incomplete, defective (from a- a- (II) + telos end) + ektasis extension, from ekteinein to stretch out, from ex- + teinein to stretch — more at telos , thin
Date: 1859
: collapse of the expanded lung ; also : defective expansion of the pulmonary alveoli at birth