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atelectases

atelectases is the plural of atelectasis.

Meaning of atelectasis

Noun

atelectasis (countable and uncountable, plural atelectases)

  1. The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
    • Atelectasis means a non-expansion of the lungs.2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 46

Questions about atelectases

What is atelectases the plural of?
Atelectases is the plural of atelectasis.

Words near atelectases in the dictionary

  1. ategmic
  2. ateji
  3. Ateker
  4. ateknia
  5. atel-
  6. atelectases
  7. atelectasis
  8. atelectatic
  9. atelectatrauma
  10. atelectotrauma
  11. atelectrauma

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