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

• salt-foot
• salt glaze
• salt-glazed
• salt glazes
• salt glazing
• salt horse
• saltier
• saltiers
• saltiest
• saltigrade
• saltigrades
• saltily
• saltimbanco
• saltimbancos
• saltimbocca
• saltimboccas
• saltine
• saltines
• saltiness
• saltinesses
• salting
• saltings
• saltire
• saltires
• saltirewise