ATELECTASIS


Meaning of ATELECTASIS in English

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

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