atelectasis
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- The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
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From Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete”) + ἔκτασις (éktasis, “extension”), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “to extend”). By surface analysis, atel- + ectasis.
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