Usually means: Collapse of part, lung tissue.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word atelectasis:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. atelectasis: Merriam-Webster
  2. atelectasis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. atelectasis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. atelectasis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. atelectasis: Vocabulary.com
  6. atelectasis: Wordnik
  7. atelectasis: Wiktionary
  8. atelectasis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. atelectasis: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. atelectasis: Dictionary.com
  11. Atelectasis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. atelectasis: Rhymezone
  13. atelectasis: FreeDictionary.org
  14. atelectasis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. atelectasis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. atelectasis: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. atelectasis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. atelectasis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Atelectasis: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Atelectasis: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Collaborative Hypertext of Radiology (No longer online)
  7. Atelectasis: MEDLINE plus Illustrated Medical Encyclopedia
  8. atelectasis: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  9. atelectasis: Parents' Common Sense Encyclopedia
  10. atelectasis: Medical dictionary
  11. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  12. Atelectasis: Drug Medical Dictionary
  13. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (atelectasis)

noun:  (medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.

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