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

• weather anchors
• weather a point
• weather beam
• weather-beaten
• weather-bitten
• weatherboard
• weatherboarded
• weatherboarding
• weatherboards
• weather-bound
• weather bow
• weather bows
• weather box
• weather chart
• weather charts
• weathercloth
• weathercloths
• weathercock
• weathercocked
• weathercocking
• weathercocks
• weather-driven
• weathered
• weather eye
• weather eyes