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Showing words for PATENCY using the English dictionary
7 Letter Words for Patency
patency
6 Letter Words for Patency
catnep, tenacy
5 Letter Words for Patency
canty, enact, enapt, epact, pacey, pance, paten, payen, peaty, pecan, penta, tapen, yenta
4 Letter Words for Patency
acne, acpt, ance, anet, ante, ayen, ayne, cane, cant, cany, cape, capt, cate, cent, cepa, cyan, cyte, ency, etna, nace, nape, neap, neat, nepa, nyet, nypa, pace, pact, pacy, pane, pant, pate, paty, paye, payt, pean, peat, pent, peta, pnce, pyat, pyet, pyne, tace, taen, tane, tape, tean, teap, teca, tepa, tyne, type, yate, yean, yeat, yeta
3 Letter Words for Patency
ace, act, acy, anc, ane, ant, any, apc, ape, apt, ate, atp, aye, can, cap, cat, cay, cen, cep, cpa, cpt, cte, ctn, cyp, ean, eat, ect, enc, epa, eta, etc, ety, eyn, nae, nap, nat, nay, nea, nep, net, nye, pac, pan, pat, pay, pct, pea, pec, pen, pet, pta, pte, pty, pya, pye, tan, tap, tay, tcp, tea, tec, ten, tye, typ, yan, yap, yat, yea, yen, yep, yet
Definitions for Patency
[1] the state of being patent.
[2] Medicine/Medical . the condition of not being blocked or obstructed.
[3] Phonetics . openness of articulation, found more or less in all phonemes except stops.
[4] the condition of being obvious
[5] the state of a bodily passage, duct, etc, of being open or unobstructed
[6] phonetics the degree to which the vocal tract remains unobstructed in the articulation of a speech sound See also closure (def. 7)
Words nearby Patency
patellar reflex, patellate, patellectomy, patelliform, paten, patency, patenier, patent, patent ambiguity, patent cliff, patent ductus arteriosus
Origin of Patency
First recorded in 1650–60; pat(ent) + -ency