orifice

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin orificium (“‘an opening, literally the making of a mouth’”), compound of os (“‘mouth’”) + facere (“‘to make’”)

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orifice (plural orifices)

1. A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound.

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