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patulous

[pach-uh-luhs] / ˈpætʃ ə ləs /


ADJECTIVE
spreading
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The os uteri is soft, patulous, and its edges are torn.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson

But the most cogent reason of this blind manœuvring was to be found in the rapid variations of contour, the patulous trees, and the abundant leafage.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent

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.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley

It is all a matter of "plumbing" i.e., clearing out the "pipes," and maintaining a patulous airway.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson

Yet, by reason of the patulous elms, he had seen nothing of them.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent




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