patency
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editpatency (plural patencies)
- (medicine) The condition or state of being patent.
- Antonyms: impatency, imperforation, atresia, occlusion
- (medicine) The degree of openness (of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter); the relative absence of blockage or obstruction. Measured in percent.
- Antonym: obstruction
- (uncountable) Obviousness; clarity.