impatency

noun

impatency

noun

Etymology From im- + patency or im- + patent + -cy.

1

Medicine, Sciences The condition or state of not being patent, usually undesirably so (that is, where patency is expected); thus usually synonymous with atresia and imperforation.

Related terms
impatent, patency, patent

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