I had a tooth pulled on Friday and now the blood clot that was over the extraction site is gone and I can now see what appears to be either bone or a piece of tooth sticking out of the site. I have eaten nothing but soft mushy foods since surgery, nothing I have had to chew.
â¢ PATRILINEAGE (noun). The noun PATRILINEAGE has 1 sense: 1. line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family. Familiarity information: PATRILINEAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Patency is defined as the state of being open or unobstructed, or showing an infection of parasites. 1  When your arteries are free from obstruction, this is an example of patency. 2  When you have an infection of parasites large enough to be detected, this is an example of patency.