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Meaning of orifice in English
Pronunciation
/ˈɔrəfəs/
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Noun
orifice
Etymology
late Middle English: from French, from late Latin orificium, from os, or-‘mouth’ + facere‘make’
Definitions
1.
an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity
Examples
« the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart »