patulous

Example Sentences

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The patulous elms, then, exercised their influence on the manœuvres.

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

Weather jolly, but altogether too hot for anything but lying on the grass "under the tegmination of the patulous fage," as the poet observes.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

The gland-ducts are enlarged, patulous or plugged with sebaceous and epithelial matter.

From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Stelwagon, Henry Weightman

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 ?Malley, Austin

In seven months the abdomen presented the signs of pregnancy, but the cervix was soft and patulous; the sound entered three inches and was followed by some hemorrhage.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)