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Atelectasis Moderate

Atelectasis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth

2

The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax

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sis asis ssis osis csis psis isis apsis iasis mysis oasis arsis ensis assis basis lysis tasis sepsis miosis deesis
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