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orifice

ori·fice

UK/ˈɒɹɪfɪs/ US/ˈɔɹəfɪs/ uncommon slang

noun

1.

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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Origin

From Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrificium (“an opening, literally the making of a mouth”), compound of ōs (“mouth”) + faciō (“to make”).

Phrases

  • external urethral orifice

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