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atelectasis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /æ.tɪˈlɛk.tə.sɪs/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete”) + ἔκτασις (éktasis, “extension”), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “to extend”). By surface analysis, atel- + ectasis.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
   • Atelectasis means a non-expansion of the lungs. 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 46:

Forms

Deriveds

aeroatelectasis · atelectrauma · atelectatic · fibroatelectasis

Relateds

dystelectasis · atelectotrauma · ectasia · ectasis · microatelectasis · bronchiectasis

Translations (8)

es atelectasia (lung collapse caused by inner factors) · ca atelèctasi (lung collapse caused by inner factors) · id atelektasis (lung collapse caused by inner factors) · it atelectasia (lung collapse caused by inner factors) · pl niedodma (lung collapse caused by inner factors) · he תֶּמֶט הָרֵאָה (lung collapse caused by inner factors) · he תֶּמֶט (lung collapse caused by inner factors) · pt atelectasia (lung collapse caused by inner factors)