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

• upleapt
• upled
• uplift
• uplifted
• uplifter
• uplifters
• uplifting
• upliftingly
• upliftings
• uplifts
• uplighted
• uplighter
• uplighters
• up-line
• up-lines
• uplink
• uplinking
• uplinkings
• uplinks
• upload
• uploaded
• uploading
• uploads
• uplock
• uplocked