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(medicine) A form of ventilator-induced lung injury where alveolar damage results from transient and repeated closure and reopening of alveoli during the respiratory cycle..
Use atelectrauma when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Atelectrauma means (medicine) A form of ventilator-induced lung injury where alveolar damage results from transient and repeated closure and reopening of alveoli during the respiratory cycle..
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Use atelectrauma where its definition matches the intended context.
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