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patency

noun/ˈpeɪtənsi/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The condition of being open and unobstructed, especially of an airway or vessel.

A head tilt and chin lift restored the patency of the airway.

Topic: Paramedic & emergency in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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