atelectasis
C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
Collapse or incomplete expansion of alveoli, a common consequence of general anaesthesia and supine positioning.
A recruitment manoeuvre followed by PEEP reopened the basal atelectasis and improved oxygenation.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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