Word.ws English Dictionary

atelectasis

Syllables: a·te·lec·ta·sis/æ.tɪˈlɛk.tə.sɪs/

atelectasis noun: the collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.

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

atelectasis meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

atelectasis in Tamil

சுவாசக் காற்றறைச் சுருக்கம், சுவாசப்பைக் காற்றின்மை, ஒடுக்கம், ஒடுக்கு, ஒடுங்கல், நுரையீரல் விரியாமை

atelectasis in Indonesian

lung collapse caused by inner factors
atelektasis

Forms of atelectasis

pluralatelectases

Origin of atelectasis

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

Words formed from atelectasis

Questions about atelectasis

What does atelectasis mean?
Atelectasis means the collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
What is atelectasis in Tamil?
Atelectasis in Tamil is சுவாசக் காற்றறைச் சுருக்கம், சுவாசப்பைக் காற்றின்மை, ஒடுக்கம். See Atelectasis meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is atelectasis?
Atelectasis is a noun.
How do you pronounce atelectasis?
Atelectasis is pronounced /æ.tɪˈlɛk.tə.sɪs/.
What is the plural of atelectasis?
The plural of atelectasis is atelectases.

Words near atelectasis in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: atelectasis (page history and authors); atelectasis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-atelectasis.wav.

Cite this entry: “atelectasis.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/atelectasis. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.