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patulous

[ pach-uh-luhs ]

adjective

  1. open; gaping; expanded.
  2. Botany.
    1. spreading, as a tree or its boughs.
    2. spreading slightly, as a calyx.
    3. bearing the flowers loose or dispersed, as a peduncle.


patulous

/ ˈæʊə /

adjective

  1. botany spreading widely or expanded

    patulous branches

  2. rare.
    gaping
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ貹ٳܱdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈ貹ٳܱdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • 貹u·dzܲ· adverb
  • 貹u·dzܲ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of patulous1

First recorded in 1610–20, patulous is from the Latin word patulus standing wide-open. See patent, -ulous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of patulous1

C17: from Latin patulus open, from 貹ŧ to lie open
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Tailed; lower wings with obtuse patulous tails.

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Tailed; lower wings with obtuse patulous tails.

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But when a large amount of highly-colored bile is being secreted, as in relapsing fever, it seems clear that the obstruction of a certain number of minute ducts would cause sufficient resorption of the bile to induce jaundice of varying degrees of intensity, while at the same time allowing a flow of bile through the patulous ducts.

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Ponfick has shown that these are venous infarctions, the arterioles leading to them being patulous.

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In a marked hemorrhage the only way to save the mother is to empty the uterus, so that it may contract and thus close the patulous vessels.

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