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

Type of: pathology

Encyclopedia: Atelectasis

• thigh
• thigh boot
• thigh pad
• thigh-slapper
• thighbone
• thigmotaxis
• thill
• thimble
• thimble-shaped
• thimbleberry
• thimbleful
• thimblerig
• thimblerigger
• thimbleweed
• thimerosal
• thin
• thin air
• thin out
• thin person
• thin-bodied
• thin-leaved bilberry
• thin-leaved stringybark
• thin-shelled
• thin-shelled mussel
• thin-skinned