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atelectasis
noun
Collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth
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ætɪˈlɛktəsɪs
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noun
Collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth
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