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atelectrauma

atelectrauma noun: a form of ventilator-induced lung injury where alveolar damage results from transient and repeated closure and reopening of alveoli during the respiratory cycle.

Noun

atelectrauma (uncountable)

  1. A form of ventilator-induced lung injury where alveolar damage results from transient and repeated closure and reopening of alveoli during the respiratory cycle.

Forms of atelectrauma

alternative formatelectatrauma

Origin of atelectrauma

Blend of atelectasis + trauma.

Questions about atelectrauma

What does atelectrauma mean?
Atelectrauma means a form of ventilator-induced lung injury where alveolar damage results from transient and repeated closure and reopening of alveoli during the respiratory cycle.
What part of speech is atelectrauma?
Atelectrauma is a noun.

Words near atelectrauma in the dictionary

  1. atelectases
  2. atelectasis
  3. atelectatic
  4. atelectatrauma
  5. atelectotrauma
  6. atelectrauma
  7. atelecyclid
  8. atelecyclids
  9. ateleiosis
  10. ateleological
  11. ateleopodid

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