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Anon some wrinkled, fidgety, cogitative being in human form would add a new volume to some slope or tower of the monstrous omni-patulent mass, or some sharp-glancing youth, with teeth set unevenly on edge, would pull out a volume, look greedily and half-believingly for a few moments, return it, and slink away.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 Various
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The lumen is not so patulent during inspiration as lower down; and it closes completely during expiration.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
biocon commented on the word patulent
Patulent is a variant of patulous.
December 27, 2011