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Definition of Atelectasis

1. Noun. Collapse of an expanded lung (especially in infants); also failure of pulmonary alveoli to expand at birth.

Definition of Atelectasis

1. Noun. (medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax. ¹

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Definition of Atelectasis

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Medical Definition of Atelectasis

1. A term used to describe partial or complete collapse of the lung, usually due to an obstruction of a bronchus (with mucus plug, infection or cancer). Atelectasis is commonly seen immediately in the post-operative period in those who have undergone general anaesthesia. Symptoms of atelectasis include low-grade fever, dry cough, chest pains and mild shortness of breath. Mild post-operative atelectasis is treated with deep breathing exercises and respiratory therapy. Atelectasis secondary to carcinoma will often be managed using bronchoscopy. (27 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Atelectasis

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1. The Diseases of infancy and childhood by Henry Koplik (1918)
"atelectasis OF THE LUNGS. This condition has been referred to in the section on ... atelectasis, or collapse of the lung, may be congenital or acquired. ..."

2. A Text-book of Medicine for Students and Practitioners by Adolf von Strümpell, Herman Frank Vickery, Philip Coombs Knapp, Frederick C. Shattuck (1886)
"atelectasis of the lungs is a condition directly opposed to emphysema. ... The atelectasis of the new-born is due simply to deficient respiration and to the ..."

3. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt, John Howland (1911)
"CONGENITAL atelectasis. THIS condition is one in which there is a persistence of the foetal state in the whole or in any part of the lung. , atelectasis is ..."

4. A Text-book of Pathology by Alfred Stengel (1906)
"atelectasis. The term atelectasis is applied to two distinct conditions, ... Congenital atelectasis commonly affects the bases and posterior portions of the ..."

5. A System of Practical Medicine by William Pepper, Louis Starr (1885)
"The terra atelectasis is derived from areA^c, incomplete, ... In the former case the state is one of congenital atelectasis, and is of course met with only ..."

6. A Treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Job Lewis Smith (1881)
"CHAPTER V. atelectasis. N certain new-born infants the lungs do not undergo ... This non-inflation of the lung is designated congenital atelectasis. ..."

7. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine: For the Use of Students and by Roberts Bartholow (1883)
"Congenital atelectasis is the state in which the lungs are before being dilated with air (foetal lung). Causes.—The congenital condition is simply a failure ..."

8. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Children by John Forsyth Meigs (1877)
"ARTICLE I. atelectasis PULMONUM, OR IMPERFECT EXPANSION OF THE LHC THE ... In congenital atelectasis the parts of th< lung most frequently affected are the ..."

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