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Webster 1913 Edition


Patency

Pa′ten-cy

,
Noun.
[See
Patent
.]
1.
The condition of being open, enlarged, or spread.
2.
The state of being patent or evident.

Definition 2024


patency

patency

English

Noun

patency (plural patencies)

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