patulous

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In a marked hemorrhage the only way to save the mother is to empty the uterus, so that it may contract and thus close the patulous vessels.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

Weather jolly, but altogether too hot for anything but lying on the grass "under the tegmination of the patulous fage," as the poet observes.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry

But the most cogent reason of this blind manœuvring was to be found in the rapid variations of contour, the patulous trees, and the abundant leafage.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)

It is all a matter of "plumbing" i.e., clearing out the "pipes," and maintaining a patulous airway.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

In seven months the abdomen presented the signs of pregnancy, but the cervix was soft and patulous; the sound entered three inches and was followed by some hemorrhage.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)