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lung collapse

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collapse
1. a state of extreme prostration and depression, with failure of circulation.
2. abnormal falling in of the walls of a part or organ.

circulatory collapse
shock; circulatory insufficiency without congestive heart failure.
lung collapse

lung collapse
Pneumothorax, see there. See Atelectasis.


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Ms Knowles said her lung collapse had been caused by smoking, "I used to be a social smoker when I went out and I stopped immediately.
ISLAMABAD, 19 March , 2009 (Balochistan Times) -- Loud music can cause lung collapse blasting music can be hard on the ears and the neighbours, and now researchers say it can also pack enough punch to collapse a lung.
Laurence, who lives in Shetland, has, since the operation, suffered an almost fatal pneumothorax, a condition which makes the lung collapse.
 
 
 
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