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derecruitment

derecruitment noun: the failure of the lungs to be fully aerated, typically as a result of closure of an airway, and especially in the setting of ARDS.

Noun

derecruitment (uncountable)

  1. The failure of the lungs to be fully aerated, typically as a result of closure of an airway, and especially in the setting of ARDS.

Origin of derecruitment

From de- + recruitment.

Questions about derecruitment

What does derecruitment mean?
Derecruitment means the failure of the lungs to be fully aerated, typically as a result of closure of an airway, and especially in the setting of ARDS.
What part of speech is derecruitment?
Derecruitment is a noun.

Words near derecruitment in the dictionary

  1. derecognizes
  2. derecognizing
  3. derecruit
  4. derecruited
  5. derecruiting
  6. derecruitment
  7. derecruits
  8. dered
  9. deredden
  10. dereddened
  11. dereddening

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