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What is a patency?

What is a patency? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) The degree of openness of a tube, such as a blood vessel or catheter; the relative absence of blockage. Measured in percent.
  2. (uncountable) Obviousness; clarity.
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Examples
Most patients will maintain airway patency although some may require intubation with mechanical ventilation.
Fallopian tube patency can be confirmed by detecting an enhanced signal after instilling microbubbles into the uterine cavity.
But the possibility of natural conception depends on the tubal patency and ovulatory function.
Upper airway patency during sleep is determined, in part, by the tonus of pharyngeal dilator muscles.
If non-invasive evaluation is chosen, the sponsor must justify its use and relevance in the assessment of vessel patency.
Consequently, aggressive endovascular and surgical techniques may be required to restore vessel patency and to preserve neurological function.

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