patent ductus arteriosus

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   a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth; may require surgical correction

   Broaderductus arteriosus

Questions about patent ductus arteriosus

What does patent ductus arteriosus mean?

patent ductus arteriosus means "a ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth; may require surgical correction".

Is patent ductus arteriosus a common word?

patent ductus arteriosus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.