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Orifice Common

Orifice has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

"the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"

2

A mouth or aperture, such as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
passage
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
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Rhyming Words
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