Associations to the word «Atelectasis»

Wiktionary

ATELECTASIS, noun. (medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax

Dictionary definition

ATELECTASIS, noun. Collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth.

Wise words

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