impatency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition or state of not being patent, usually undesirably so (that is, where patency is expected); thus usually synonymous with atresia and imperforation.

Word forms

impatency

Etymology

From im- + patency or im- + patent + -cy.

Related words

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