PATENT

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 9

adj. Paat'eant. Lat., patens (from patere, to stand open). Fr., p. Ger., abstehend. 1. Open, spreading, not constricted. [B, 19, 123 (a, 35).] 2. Secured to the proprietor by the grant by Government of an exclusive right. Cf. P. MEDICINE. [a, 48.] [s. 224]