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Thesaurus: atelectasis

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

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