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dysventilation

dysventilation noun: the failure of a ventilation process to work correctly.

Noun

dysventilation (uncountable)

  1. The failure of a ventilation process to work correctly.
    • The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line.2015 May 21, Vincenzo Basile et al., “Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis”, in BMC Pediatrics, volume 15, →DOI

Origin of dysventilation

From dys- + ventilation.

Questions about dysventilation

What does dysventilation mean?
Dysventilation means the failure of a ventilation process to work correctly.
What part of speech is dysventilation?
Dysventilation is a noun.

Words near dysventilation in the dictionary

  1. dysuric
  2. dysuries
  3. dysury
  4. dysvascular
  5. dysvascularity
  6. dysventilation
  7. dysversion
  8. DYSWIDT
  9. dysynchronies
  10. dysynchronisation
  11. dysynchronous

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