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 | ||
| Synonyms | noticeability, noticeableness, obviousness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conspicuousness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | apparency, apparentness, blatancy, predominance, predomination | ||
| Attribute | noticeable, obvious, unnoticeable, unobvious | ||