"atelectasis" meaning in English

See atelectasis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ætɪˈlɛktəsɪs/ Forms: atelectases [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete”) + ἔκτασις (éktasis, “extension”), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “to extend”). By surface analysis, atel- + ectasis. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἀτελής||incomplete}} Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete”), {{surf|en|atel-|ectasis}} By surface analysis, atel- + ectasis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|atelectases}} atelectasis (countable and uncountable, plural atelectases)
  1. (medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms: aeroatelectasis, atelectatic, atelectrauma, fibroatelectasis Related terms: bronchiectasis, atelectotrauma, dystelectasis, ectasia, ectasis, microatelectasis Translations (lung collapse caused by inner factors): atelèctasi [feminine] (Catalan), תֶּמֶט הָרֵאָה (Hebrew), תֶּמֶט (Hebrew), atelectasia [feminine] (Italian), niedodma [feminine] (Polish), atelectasia [feminine] (Portuguese), atelectasia [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for atelectasis meaning in English (3.6kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀτελής",
        "4": "",
        "5": "incomplete"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "atel-",
        "3": "ectasis"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, atel- + ectasis",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete”) + ἔκτασις (éktasis, “extension”), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “to extend”). By surface analysis, atel- + ectasis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "atelectases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "atelectases"
      },
      "expansion": "atelectasis (countable and uncountable, plural atelectases)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with atel-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "en:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "aeroatelectasis"
        },
        {
          "word": "atelectatic"
        },
        {
          "word": "atelectrauma"
        },
        {
          "word": "fibroatelectasis"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 46",
          "text": "Atelectasis means a non-expansion of the lungs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax."
      ],
      "id": "en-atelectasis-en-noun-bcE14mKk",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ],
        [
          "lung",
          "lung"
        ],
        [
          "pneumothorax",
          "pneumothorax"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bronchiectasis"
        },
        {
          "word": "atelectotrauma"
        },
        {
          "word": "dystelectasis"
        },
        {
          "word": "ectasia"
        },
        {
          "word": "ectasis"
        },
        {
          "word": "microatelectasis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "atelèctasi"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
          "word": "תֶּמֶט הָרֵאָה"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
          "word": "תֶּמֶט"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "atelectasia"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "niedodma"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "atelectasia"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "atelectasia"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ætɪˈlɛktəsɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "atelectasis"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "aeroatelectasis"
    },
    {
      "word": "atelectatic"
    },
    {
      "word": "atelectrauma"
    },
    {
      "word": "fibroatelectasis"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀτελής",
        "4": "",
        "5": "incomplete"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "atel-",
        "3": "ectasis"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, atel- + ectasis",
      "name": "surf"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἀτελής (atelḗs, “incomplete”) + ἔκτασις (éktasis, “extension”), from ἐκτείνω (ekteínō, “to extend”). By surface analysis, atel- + ectasis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "atelectases",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "atelectases"
      },
      "expansion": "atelectasis (countable and uncountable, plural atelectases)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bronchiectasis"
    },
    {
      "word": "atelectotrauma"
    },
    {
      "word": "dystelectasis"
    },
    {
      "word": "ectasia"
    },
    {
      "word": "ectasis"
    },
    {
      "word": "microatelectasis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 5-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms prefixed with atel-",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 46",
          "text": "Atelectasis means a non-expansion of the lungs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "collapse",
          "collapse"
        ],
        [
          "lung",
          "lung"
        ],
        [
          "pneumothorax",
          "pneumothorax"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ætɪˈlɛktəsɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "atelèctasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
      "word": "תֶּמֶט הָרֵאָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
      "word": "תֶּמֶט"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "atelectasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "niedodma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "atelectasia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lung collapse caused by inner factors",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "atelectasia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "atelectasis"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.