expanded lung

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• Lung, collapsed — Failure of full expansion of a once fully expanded lung. Medically called atelectasis. The word comes from the Greek “a “ (without) “telos” (complete) + “rectasis” (expansion) = without complete expansion …   Medical dictionary

• lung — One of a pair of viscera occupying the pulmonary cavities of the thorax, the organs of respiration in which aeration of the blood takes place. In humans, the right l. is slightly larger than the left and is divided into three lobes (an upper, a… …   Medical dictionary

• Expanded Program on Immunization (Philippines) — The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in the Philippines began in July 1979. And, in 1986, made a response to the Universal Child Immunization goal. The four major strategies include: [cite book | title = Public Health Nursing in the… …   Wikipedia

• lung — n. one of the pair of organs of respiration, situated in the chest cavity on either side of the heart and enclosed by a serous membrane (see pleura). The lungs are fibrous elastic sacs that are expanded and compressed by movements of the rib cage …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Collapsed lung — Failure of full expansion of a once fully expanded lung. Medically called atelectasis. The word comes from the Greek “a “ (without) + “telos” (complete) + “rectasis” (expansion) = without complete expansion …   Medical dictionary

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• atelectasis — Decreased or absent air in the entire or part of a lung, with resulting loss of lung volume. Loss of lung volume itself. SEE ALSO: pulmonary collapse. [G. ateles, incomplete, + ektasis, extension] adhesive a. alveolar …   Medical dictionary

• Pulmonary alveolus — An alveolus (plural: alveoli, from Latin alveolus , little cavity ) is an anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity. Found in the lung, the pulmonary alveoli are spherical outcroppings of the respiratory bronchioles and are the… …   Wikipedia

• atelectasis — noun (plural atelectases) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek atelēs incomplete, defective (from a 2a + telos end) + ektasis extension, from ekteinein to stretch out, from ex + teinein to stretch more at telos, thin Date …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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