impatency

English

Etymology

im- +‎ patency = 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.

Related terms

• impatent
• patency
• patent