atelectasis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ætɪˈlɛktəsɪs/

Noun

atelectasis (countable and uncountable, plural atelectases)

1. (medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
   • 2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 46:

     Atelectasis means a non-expansion of the lungs.

Derived terms

• atelectatic

Related terms

• bronchiectasis
• atelectotrauma
• dystelectasis
• ectasia
• ectasis
• microatelectasis

Translations

lung collapse caused by inner factors

• Catalan: atelèctasi f
• Hebrew: תֶּמֶט הָרֵאָה, תֶּמֶט
• Italian: atelectasia f
• Polish: niedodma f
• Portuguese: atelectasia f
• Spanish: atelectasia f

Anagrams

• elasticates