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Orifice

Orifice Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Orifice? [n] an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Orifice: opening \| porta Related Terms \| Find terms related to Orifice: aperture \| broaching \| cavity \| chasm \| check \| clearing \| cleft \| crack \| disclosure \| fenestra \| fistula \| fontanel \| foramen \| gap \| gape \| gat \| gulf \| hiatus \| hole \| hollow \| inlet \| interval \| lacuna \| laying open \| leak \| opening \| opening up \| outlet \| passageway \| pore \| slot \| space \| split \| stoma \| throwing open \| uncorking \| unstopping \| vent \| yawn See Also \| anus \| aortic orifice \| arse \| arsehole \| asshole \| blastopore \| cardia \| cervix \| cervix uteri \| external orifice \| fenestra \| fontanel \| fontanelle \| introitus \| mouth \| naris \| os \| passage \| passageway \| porta hepatis \| pylorus \| rima \| soft spot \| spiracle \| stoma \| urethral orifice \| uterine cervix \| vent Orifice In Webster's Dictionary \Or"i*fice\, n. [F., from L. orificium; os, oris, a mouth + facere to make. See {Oral}, and {Fact}.] A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound. --Shak. Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous orifice. --Addison.

Orifice Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Orifice?

[n] an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Orifice: opening | porta

Orifice In Webster's Dictionary

\Or"i*fice\, n. [F., from L. orificium; os, oris, a
mouth + facere to make. See {Oral}, and {Fact}.]
A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening;
as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.
--Shak.

      Etna was bored through the top with a monstrous
      orifice.                                 --Addison.

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