orifice
pronunciation
How to pronounce orifice in British English:
UK [ˈɒrɪfɪs]
How to pronounce orifice in American English:
US [ˈɔrɪfɪs]
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- Noun:
- an aperture or hole opening into a bodily cavity
Word Origin
- orifice
- orifice: see oral
- 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 "to make, do" (see factitious). Related: Orificial.
Example
- 1. Urethral orifice a little bit red and swollen .
- 2. Indicate psv orifice size and the design case .
- 3. Calyx lobes adaxially glabrous ( sometimes papillose ) , erect or slightly spreading , orifice ring present .
- 4. The morphological observation of eustachian tube pharyngeal orifice by rigid rhinopharyngolaryngoscope .
- 5. Urethral orifice piss time stabbing pain .