orifice

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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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[edit] Noun

Singular
orifice

Plural
orifices

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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