Patency Definition

pātn-sē
noun
The state or quality of being patent, or obvious.
Webster's New World
The state of being open or unobstructed.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary

(uncountable) Obviousness; clarity.

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Other Word Forms of Patency

Noun

Singular:
patency
Plural:
patencies

Origin of Patency

  • patent +"Ž -cy

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Patency Sentence Examples

  • Used as part of a planned care regime, OptiFlo helps maintain catheter patency, so the wearer feels refreshed, relaxed and reassured.

  • Steroids improve airway patency in croup, haemangioma, lymphoma and some mediastinal masses.

  • It was concluded that whenever the HSG demonstrated tubal patency with free flow of dye, laparoscopic may not be necessary.

  • Ultrasound demonstrated bilateral occlusion with a sensitivity of 100 %, and showed tubal patency with a specificity of 96% .

  • New techniques for the evaluation of tubal patency support the hypothesis that tubal ' plugs ' may be involved in proximal tubal blockage.

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Words Starting With

PPAPAT

Words Ending With

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