orifice
[awr-uh-fis, or-]
- an opening or aperture, as of a tube or pipe; a mouthlike opening or hole; mouth; vent.
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Origin of orifice
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Contemporary Examples
They can corrode through whatever human tissue they contact if swallowed or stuck into an orifice, sometimes in a matter of hours.
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November 14, 2014
You can read about the film's various sex scenes and orifice exploration right here.
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January 26, 2014
Fasting in Islam means not putting anything in any orifice of the body.
Historical Examples
One may take a sheep's bladder into the orifice of which a tube is fastened.
Old-Time Makers of MedicineJames J. Walsh
There had been only a superficial examination by Tomlinson of the orifice of the wound.
The Strange Case of Mortimer FenleyLouis Tracy
A jet of soapsuds plays on each drill from an orifice 1/32 in.
Mechanical Drawing Self-TaughtJoshua Rose
It was not difficult then to stop up the orifice with a little fat.
Three Boys in the Wild North LandEgerton Ryerson Young
He examined the edge of the orifice where the rock rested upon it.
The Lone RancheCaptain Mayne Reid
orifice
- mainly Technical an opening or mouth into a cavity; vent; aperture
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Word Origin
C16: via French from Late Latin ōrificium, from Latin ōs mouth + facere to make
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Word Origin and History for orifice
n.
early 15c., from Middle French orifice "the opening of a wound" (14c.) and directly from Latin orificium "an opening," literally "mouth-making," from os (genitive oris) "mouth" (see oral) + facere "make" (see factitious). Related: Orificial.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
orifice
(ôr′ə-fĭs)- An opening, especially to a cavity or passage of the body; a mouth or vent.
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