Definition of Patency

1. Noun. The openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct.

Generic synonyms: Openness
Derivative terms: Patent

2. Noun. The property of being easy to see and understand.

Definition of Patency

1. n. The condition of being open, enlarged, or spread.

Definition of Patency

1. Noun. (medicine) The degree of openness of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter; the relative absence of blockage. Measured in percent. ¹

2. Noun. Obviousness; clarity. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Patency

1. the state of being obvious [n -CIES]

Medical Definition of Patency

1. The state of being freely open or exposed. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Patency

patellar tendon
patellar tendon reflex
patellas
patellate
patellectomy
patelliform
patelline
patello-adductor reflex
patellofemoral
patellometer
patellula
patellulae
paten
patena
patencies
patency (current term)
patens
patent application
patent blue V
patent ductus arteriosus
patent hammer
patent hammers
patent infringement
patent law
patent leather
patent log
patent medicine
patent of invention
patent pool

Literary usage of Patency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Life-table analysis of primary and secondary graft patency was carried out by the method of Peto and statistically analyzed for the influence of clinical ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"PERSISTENT patency of the ductus arteriosus has been the topic of several extensive articles, but in reviewing the literature in connection with the study ..."

3. Treatise on the Diseases of Women: For the Use of Students and Practitioners by Alexander Johnston Chalmers Skene (1897)
"patency OF GARTNER'S DUCT. DISEASES OF THE URETHRA AND URETHRAL GLANDS. IT is now generally conceded that Gartner's duct may remain patent after birth. ..."

4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1858)
"PERMANENT patency OF THE AORTA WITH ENDOCARDITIS. ... The symptoms of permanent patency were well marked, and I need only briefly recall then. ..."

5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1832)
"I.—On Permanent patency of the Mouth of the Aorta, or Inadequacy of the Aortic Valves. By DJ CORRIGAN, M. 1). one of the Physicians to the Charitable ..."

6. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1858)
"DISEASES OF THE ORGANS OF CIRCULATION. 22.—PERMANENT patency OF THE AORTA WITH ENDOCARDITIS. By Dr. CORRIGAN, Physician in Ordinary to the Queen in Ireland. ..."

7. The Medical Times and Gazette (1879)
"Incases of congenital cyanosis in which no cardiac murmur is manifest there is probably patency of the foramen ovale. (2.) In cases of cyanosis with ..."

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