orifice.
A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
Meaning & usage
A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.
the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound; he entered the cave's gaping orifice
One of the natural external openings of the human or animal body.
the vagina and other orifices
A stupid or objectionable person.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrificium (“an opening, literally the making of a mouth”), compound of ōs (“mouth”) + faciō (“to make”).
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