Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Botany Spreading or expanded: patulous branches.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Spreading.
- Specifically— In botany, spreading slightly; expanded: as, a patulous calyx; bearing the flowers loose or dispersed: as, a patulous peduncle
- In entomology, noting wings which when at rest are longitudinal, or nearly so, but near the body, and partly overlapping each other, as in certain moths.
- Gaping; patent; having a, spreading aperture.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Open; expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed
Etymologies
- From Latin patulus, from patēre, to be open; see petə- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Those open indentations are called patulous or atrophic scars, and there are ice pick scars that look like tiny indented slivers on the skin.”
“Another alternative for patulous and ice-pick scars is injecting hyaluronic acid filler into the area.”
“When that foundation is vaporized over time by ultraviolet radiation or aging, the pores can appear more open, a condition known as “patulous pores.””
“For indented scars—patulous or atrophic scars and ice-pick scars—there are a few fairly extreme options.”
“Two bits of looking-glass represent the eyes, the nose is patulous, as though offended by evil savour; the upper lip is drawn up in disdain, the under overlaps the chin; and a little mirror is inserted into the umbilical region.”
“Forteune is black, short, and “trapu;” curls of the jettiest lanugo invest all his outward man; bunches of muscle stand out from his frame like the statues of Crotonian Milo; his legs are bandy; his hands and feet are large and patulous, and he wants only”
“The os uteri is soft, patulous, and its edges are torn.”
“When a bone is divided, the vessels remain patulous, and do not contract in the canals in which they are contained.”
“A, Gastroscopic view of a gastrojejunostomy opening drawn patulous by the tube mouth.”
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
“It is all a matter of "plumbing" i.e., clearing out the "pipes," and maintaining a patulous airway.”
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘patulous’.
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phrontistery - p
from phrontistery.info
pustule, purulence, pushful, purser, purpureal, putative, purpure, purpresture, purloin, purline, purlieu, purlicue and 1766 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
zeugma, ziggurat, xiphoid, xeric, whizgigging, whangdoodle, viviparous, vivific, vinolent, verjuice, vellicate, velleity and 1193 more...
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
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Spread Out (adjective)
Adjectives meaning spread out
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Nest Words
structured and spacious words - literally and figuratively
nest, niche, nidification, nido, nestle, nye, patulous, inquiline, neb, coleoptera, aerie, nidicolous and 39 more...
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Open (adjective)
Words meaning open (adjective)
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whichbe Wide-spreading or wide open. May 16, 2008