patencyn.

Brit.

/ˈpeɪtənsi/,

/ˈpatnsi/, U.S.

/ˈpætnsi/,

/ˈpædənsi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: patent adj., -ency suffix.

Etymology: < patent adj.: see -ency suffix. Compare post-classical Latin patentia obviousness (c1366 in a British source).

1. The state or condition of being open or exposed to view; obviousness, plainness.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [noun]

evidency1534

evidentness1534

evidence1550

apparentness1583

manifestness1589

palpableness1608

patency1656

obviousness1661

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Patency, a lying open, or uncovered.

1658 F. Osborne Advice to Son in Wks. (1673) 202 From this patency, his Policy was not only enervated, but rendred more destructive.

1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 54 525 The patency of error is ever a sure prelude to its extirpation.

1886 J. E. C. Welldon tr. Aristotle Rhetoric ii. 142 The patency and notoriety of the facts.

1992 E. K. Sedgwick in A. Parker et al. Nationalisms & Sexualities xii. 242 The very patency of Wilde's gay-affirming and gay-occluding orientalism.

2. Medicine. The condition of being open or unobstructed (as either a normal or an abnormal condition).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > and unobstructed

patency1843

clearness1869

1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxii. 272 Cases of permanent patency of the aortic valves.

1845 G. Moore Power of Soul (1846) 149 The patency of his bowels.

1879 F. J. Bumstead & R. W. Taylor Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. (rev. ed.) i. xxiv. 302 Unless the patency of the canal be kept up.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 700 Complete patency of the foramen ovale.

1932 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 27 660/1 The size of the lateral ventricle, and the patency of the foramen of Munro, can be determined readily.

1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xiii. 319 Cardiac malformations such as patency of the foramen ovale, or of the ductus arteriosus.

2000 Rosemary Conley Diet & Fitness Oct. 92/3 You can be referred for more specialised investigations, for example to look at fallopian tube patency.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	patency
释义	patencyn. Brit. /ˈpeɪtənsi/, /ˈpatnsi/, U.S. /ˈpætnsi/, /ˈpædənsi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: patent adj., -ency suffix. Etymology: < patent adj.: see -ency suffix. Compare post-classical Latin patentia obviousness (c1366 in a British source). 1. The state or condition of being open or exposed to view; obviousness, plainness. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [noun] evidency1534 evidentness1534 evidence1550 apparentness1583 manifestness1589 palpableness1608 patency1656 obviousness1661 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Patency, a lying open, or uncovered. 1658 F. Osborne Advice to Son in Wks. (1673) 202 From this patency, his Policy was not only enervated, but rendred more destructive. 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 54 525 The patency of error is ever a sure prelude to its extirpation. 1886 J. E. C. Welldon tr. Aristotle Rhetoric ii. 142 The patency and notoriety of the facts. 1992 E. K. Sedgwick in A. Parker et al. Nationalisms & Sexualities xii. 242 The very patency of Wilde's gay-affirming and gay-occluding orientalism. 2. Medicine. The condition of being open or unobstructed (as either a normal or an abnormal condition). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > and unobstructed patency1843 clearness1869 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxii. 272 Cases of permanent patency of the aortic valves. 1845 G. Moore Power of Soul (1846) 149 The patency of his bowels. 1879 F. J. Bumstead & R. W. Taylor Pathol. & Treatm. Venereal Dis. (rev. ed.) i. xxiv. 302 Unless the patency of the canal be kept up. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 700 Complete patency of the foramen ovale. 1932 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 27 660/1 The size of the lateral ventricle, and the patency of the foramen of Munro, can be determined readily. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xiii. 319 Cardiac malformations such as patency of the foramen ovale, or of the ductus arteriosus. 2000 Rosemary Conley Diet & Fitness Oct. 92/3 You can be referred for more specialised investigations, for example to look at fallopian tube patency. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656
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