patency
/peyt-n-see, pat-/US // ˈpeɪt n si, ˈpæt- //UK // (ˈpeɪtənsɪ) //
髌骨,补丁,疗效,疗养院
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the state of being patent.
- : Medicine/Medical. the condition of not being blocked or obstructed.
- : Phonetics. openness of articulation, found more or less in all phonemes except stops.
Examples
It is clear that they thus secured patency of the air-passages after these had become occluded.
Probably we dislike the ape because of the very patency of his human affinities.
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