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Definition of Orifice
1. Noun. An aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity. "The orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"
Specialized synonyms: Vent, Blastopore, Aortic Orifice, Stoma, Porta Hepatis, Spiracle, Mouth, Os, Cervix, Cervix Uteri, Uterine Cervix, Fenestra, Cardia, Introitus, External Orifice, Urethral Orifice, Pylorus, Anus, Fontanel, Fontanelle, Soft Spot, Naris, Rima
Generic synonyms: Passage, Passageway
Derivative terms: Open, Open
Definition of Orifice
1. n. 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.
Definition of Orifice
1. Noun. A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as, ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orifice
1. a mouth or mouthlike opening [n -S]
Medical Definition of Orifice
1. An opening. The mouth for example is an orifice. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orifice
Literary usage of Orifice
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"TH KERR, ENGINEER, THE OHIO FUEL SUPPLY CO., COLUMBUS, O. An orifice Meter consists
of a plate with a circular hole or orifice in the center, so placed in a ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"That is. for such an orifice about t'i ' e of the heul is expended in overcoming
... 15. clear from the inner edge of the orifice as at a or Ь (fig. ..."
3. The Lancet (1898)
"The question of the existence or position of the Internal orifice of the fistula
into the bowel has next to be considered and in the cases in which ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1896)
"255, B, C) Primary orifice with a sinus, but no tooth . . .43 A prominent tooth
projects into the orifice from its lower side. Peristome interrupted or with ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1877)
"It is thus to be noticed at the outset that the division of the orifice into
bands, infinitely narrow in height, but extending horizontally across the ..."
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