Definitions
an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“the orifice of an artery or vein; the orifice of a wound; he entered the cave's gaping orifice”
“the vagina and other orifices”
“The maw-worm could emerge unexpectedly from any orifice, including, most alarmingly, the corner of people's eyes.”
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