Akademik

patent

Open or exposed. SYN: patulous. [L. patens, pres. p. of pateo, to lie open]

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Pro-Urokinase and Tissue Plasminogen Activator Enhancement of Thrombolysis [trial]

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pa·tent 'pat-ənt, Brit usu 'pāt- n

1) protected by a trademark or a trade name so as to establish proprietary rights analogous to those conveyed by a patent: PROPRIETARY <\patent drugs>

2) 'pāt- affording free passage: being open and unobstructed <the nose \patent with no pathological discharge (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)>

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pat·ent (paґtənt) [L. patens] 1. open, unobstructed, or not closed. 2. apparent, evident.

Medical dictionary. 2011.