Atelectasis Definition
ătl-ĕktə-sĭs
atelectasis
noun
The collapse of all or part of a lung.
Webster's New World
The absence of gas from all or part of the lung, due to failure of expansion of the alveoli.
American Heritage Medicine
A congenital condition characterized by incomplete expansion of the lungs.
American Heritage Medicine
(medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
Wiktionary
Origin of Atelectasis
-
New Latin Greek atelēs incomplete (a- not a–1) (telos end telo–) Greek ektasis stretching out (from ekteinein to stretch out) (ek- out ecto–) (teinein to stretch epitasis)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Greek ἀτελής 'incomplete' + ἔκτασις 'extension', from ἔκτείνειν 'extend', from ἐξ 'out' + τείνειν 'stretch'.
From Wiktionary
Atelectasis Is Also Mentioned In
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to atelectasis using the buttons below.