Meaning of ORIFICE
| Pronunciation: | | 'orufis
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| | Definition: | | [n] an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart" |
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| | Synonyms: | | opening, porta |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Any opening in the body. |
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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