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 Definitions of Orifice  [ˈɔr ə fɪs, ˈɒr-]  

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Definition of 'Orifice' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) orifice
an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.

Etymology:  (1535–45; < MF < L ōrificium=ōr- (s. of ōs) mouth +-fic-, comb. form of facere to make, do1)

Definition of 'Orifice' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) orifice, opening, porta
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
"the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"

'Orifice' - Nearby Entries  

orient  oriented  orienting  orifice  oriflamme  origami  origanum dictamnus  



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