ATELECTASIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atelectasis mean? 

• ATELECTASIS (noun)
  The noun ATELECTASIS has 1 sense:

1. collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth

  Familiarity information: ATELECTASIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATELECTASIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("atelectasis" is a kind of...):

pathology (any deviation from a healthy or normal condition)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atelectasis, lung infections, pulmonary fibrosis, and pneumoconiosis.

(Non-Neoplastic Lung Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

If only part of the lung is affected, it is called atelectasis.

(Collapsed Lung, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Representative examples include: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, pulmonary fibrosis, pneumoconiosis, asbestosis, atelectasis, radiation induced pneumonitis, and radiation fibrosis.

(Chronic Lung Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)