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English noun: patency

1. patency (attribute) the openness (lack of obstruction) of a bodily passage or duct


Broader (hypernym)openness

2. patency (attribute) the property of being easy to see and understand


Synonymsnoticeability, noticeableness, obviousness


Broader (hypernym)conspicuousness


Narrower (hyponym)apparency, apparentness, blatancy, predominance, predomination


Attributenoticeable, obvious, unnoticeable, unobvious









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