dysventilation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

dys- +‎ ventilation

Noun[edit]

dysventilation (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The failure of a ventilation process to work correctly.
    • 2015 May 21, Vincenzo Basile et al., “Lung ultrasound: a useful tool in diagnosis and management of bronchiolitis”, in BMC Pediatrics[1], volume 15, →DOI:
      The areas of lung dysventilation with an absence of alveolar air are visualized in the form of consolidations adjacent to the pleural line.