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at·e·lec·ta·sis (ăt'l-ĕk'tə-sĭs)
n., pl., -ses (-sēz').
  1. Total or partial collapse of the lung.
  2. A congenital condition characterized by the incomplete expansion of the lungs at birth.

[New Latin : Greek atelēs, incomplete (a-, not; see a-1 + telos, end; see telo-) + Greek ektasis, stretching out (from ekteinein, to stretch out : ek-, out; see ecto- + teinein, to stretch; see epitasis).]




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