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atelectasis (n.)
"incomplete expansion of the lungs," 1836, medical Latin, from Greek
ateles
"imperfect, incomplete," literally "without an end," (from
a-
, privative prefix, +
telos
"completion") +
ektosis
"extention." Related:
Atelectatic
.
