atelectasis
IPA: ˈætɪɫɛktˈeɪsʌs
noun
- (medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
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Examples of "atelectasis" in Sentences
- Granulomatous disease may cause atelectasis.
- Atelectasis may be an acute or chronic condition.
- Post surgical atelectasis will be bibasal in pattern.
- Another non cardiac cause of chest pain is atelectasis.
- A clinical differential diagnosis of ACD excludes fetal atelectasis.