atelectasis /a-te-lekˈtə-sis or a-ti-/ (medicine)

1. Incomplete inflation of a lung at birth
2. The collapse of a lung in an adult

atelectatic /-tatˈik/ adjective

• scripture-readers
• scriptures
• scripturism
• scripturisms
• scripturist
• scripturists
• scriptwriter
• scriptwriters
• scriptwriting
• scritch
• scritched
• scritches
• scritching
• scritch-owl
• scritch-owls
• scrive
• scriveboard
• scriveboards
• scrived
• scrivener
• scriveners
• scrivenership
• scrivenerships
• scrivener's palsy
• scrivening