See Also: Collapse(medicine)
collapse(2)(dictionary)
collapse(1)(dictionary)
Collapse(money)
collapse 1, verb(dictionary)
pulmonary collapse(medicine)
pressure collapse(medicine)
massive collapse(medicine)
collapse therapy(medicine)
collapse delirium(medicine)

collapse(1) (iou)



collapse noun. E19.
[Medical Latin collapsus use as noun of pa. pple: see COLLAPSED.]
(An action or instance of) collapsing; a collapsed condition.
collapse of a stout party: see STOUT adjective.
A. J. Cronin The operation might induce an immediate collapse. A. Mars-Jones The marshal..waits in collapse on a chair. P. Ackroyd The entire collapse of his career.