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.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

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

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

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

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

The disappearance of one eye; under a large red swelling, combined with a patulous and rubescent nose, detracted to some extent from the dignity of his appearance.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 11, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Cones from 5 to 8 cm. long, short-pedunculate, erect or patulous; ovate-conic, symmetrical; apophyses rufous brown, low-pyramidal, the umbo mutic.

From The Genus Pinus by Shaw, George Russell