impatency

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

impatency (uncountable)

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