atelectrauma

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

Datamuse reports no synonyms or antonyms for this word.

Noun

1. {{lb|en|medicine}} A form of [[ventilator]]-[[induce]]d [[lung]] [[injury]] where [[alveolar]] [[damage]] [[result]]s from [[transient]] and [[repeated]] [[closure]] and [[reopening]] of [[alveoli]] during the [[respiratory]] [[cycle]].

Source: Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wiktionary dump) · cached copy, not a rewrite.