orifice

or·i·fice

O0120100 (ôr′ə-fĭs, ŏr′-)n. An opening, especially to a cavity or passage of the body; a mouth or vent.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrificium : Latin ōs, ōr-, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficium, a making, doing (from facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots).]

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or′i·fi′cial (-fĭsh′əl) adj.

orifice

(ˈɒrɪfɪs) nchiefly Technical an opening or mouth into a cavity; vent; aperture[C16: via French from Late Latin ōrificium, from Latin ōs mouth + facere to make]

or•i•fice

(ˈɔr ə fɪs, ˈɒr-)

n. an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent. [1535–45; < Middle French < Latin ōrificium=ōr- (s. of ōs) mouth + -fic-, comb. form of facere to make, do¹] or`i•fi′cial (-ˈfɪʃ əl) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun

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orifice - an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"porta, openingvent - external opening of urinary or genital system of a lower vertebrateblastopore - the opening into the archenteronaortic orifice - the orifice from the lower left chamber of the heart to the aortastoma - a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)passageway, passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"porta hepatis - opening for major blood vessels to enter and leave the liverspiracle - a breathing orificemouth - the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening; "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"os - a mouth or mouthlike openingcervix uteri, uterine cervix, cervix - necklike opening to the uterusfenestra - a small opening covered with membrane (especially one in the bone between the middle and inner ear)cardia - the opening into the stomach and that part of the stomach connected to the esophagusintroitus - entrance or opening to a hollow organ or tube (especially the vaginal opening); "the introitus of the vagina"external orifice, urethral orifice - the orifice through which urine is dischargedpylorus - a small circular opening between the stomach and the duodenumanus - the excretory opening at the end of the alimentary canalfontanel, fontanelle, soft spot - any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetusnaris - any of the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow through the cavities to the pharynxrima - a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts

orifice

noun opening, space, hole, split, mouth, gap, rent, breach, vent, pore, rupture, aperture, cleft, chink, fissure, perforation, interstice Viruses get into the body via any convenient orifice.

orifice

nounAn open space allowing passage:aperture, hole, mouth, opening, outlet, vent.

Translations

orifizioapertura