patency

IPA: pˈætʌnsi

(medicine) The condition or state of being patent.
(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.
(uncountable) Obviousness; clarity.

Examples of "patency" in Sentences

Patency of the graft itself is excellent.
Option 4 addresses the concern of airway patency.
And the sememe pairs in this table have no patency semantic relations.
Patency is a term used to describe the chance that a graft remain open.
Patency of the utero tubal junction is necessary for normal reproduction.
Rapid assessment of airway patency and respiratory effort must be performed.
Leaming et al. wrote a paper in 1999 looking at airway patency with seizures.
The technique of using light to examine eggs is used in the egg industry to assess the patency of edible eggs.