| 单词 | patency |
| 释义 | patency[ peyt-n-see, pat- ] / ˈpeɪt n si, ˈpæt- / nounthe 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. Origin of patencyFirst recorded in 1650–60; pat(ent) + -ency Words nearby patencypatellar reflex, patellate, patellectomy, patelliform, paten, patency, Patenier, patent, patent ambiguity, patent cliff, patent ductus arteriosus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for patencypatency / (ˈpeɪtənsɪ) / nounthe condition of being obvious the state of a bodily passage, duct, etc, of being open or unobstructed phonetics the degree to which the vocal tract remains unobstructed in the articulation of a speech soundSee also closure (def. 7) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for patencypatency [ pāt′n-sē ] n.The state or quality of being open, expanded, or unblocked. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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