- adhesive atelectasis
- alveolar collapse with patent airways, often related to absence or inactivation of surfactant, such as in respiratory distress syndrome of newborn or radiation pneumonitis.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
adhesive atelectasis
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atelectasis — atelectatic /at l ek tat ik/, adj. /at l ek teuh sis/, n. Pathol. 1. incomplete expansion of the lungs at birth, as from lack of breathing force. 2. collapse of the lungs, as from bronchial obstruction. [1855 60; < NL; see ATELIOSIS, ECTASIS] * * … Universalium
atelectasis — Decreased or absent air in the entire or part of a lung, with resulting loss of lung volume. Loss of lung volume itself. SEE ALSO: pulmonary collapse. [G. ateles, incomplete, + ektasis, extension] adhesive a. alveolar … Medical dictionary
tympanic membrane atelectasis — a complication of chronic serous otitis media in which the middle ear contains a viscous fluid and the tympanic membrane has become thin, atrophic, retracted, and adherent to middle ear structures; there is usually conductive hearing loss. Called … Medical dictionary
otitis media adhesive — tympanic membrane atelectasis … Medical dictionary
microatelectasis — SYN: adhesive atelectasis … Medical dictionary
