orifice

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

opening, porta

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