- Collapsed Lung
Collapsed Lung can refer to:
* Collapsed Lung or Pneumothorax, a medical condition caused by accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity
* Collapsed Lung, a British hip-hop band active in the 1990s
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Collapsed lung — can refer to: Pneumothorax, accumulation of air in the chest leading to collapse of the lung Atelectasis, collapse of the air containing sacs of the lung Collapsed Lung, a British hip hop band active in the 1990s This disambiguation page lists… … Wikipedia
Collapsed Lung (band) — This article is about the English hip hop group. For the medical condition, see Pneumothorax. Collapsed Lung Origin Harlow, Essex, UK Genres Rap rock, britpop Years active 1992–1996, 2010 … Wikipedia
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
lung congestion — Distention of blood vessels in the lungs and filling of the pulmonary alveoli with blood. It results from infection, hypertension, or inadequate heart function (e.g., left sided heart failure). Congestion seriously impairs gas exchange, leading… … Universalium
Lung transplantation — Intervention ICD 9 CM 33.5 MeSH … Wikipedia
lung — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ collapsed, diseased, injured, punctured ▪ healthy ▪ transplanted VERB + LUNG ▪ … Collocations dictionary
collapsed — adj. Collapsed is used with these nouns: ↑lung … Collocations dictionary
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
collapsed — adjective (of a lung or blood vessel) fall inwards and become flat and empty. → collapse … English new terms dictionary
Human lung — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = pulmo GraySubject = 240 GrayPage = 1093 Caption = Frontal view of lungs cut open Trachea branches into bronchi Caption2 = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = Lung MeshNumber =… … Wikipedia
