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===Etymology===, from , from Late Latin orificium , compound of os, mouth + -ficium .

Noun

orifice (Plural: orifices )

1. 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.

Translations

• Finnish: aukko (1), reikä (1)
• French: orifice
• German: Öffnung f (1)
• Italian: orifizio , orificio
• Japanese: くち , 開口部 , 孔
• Russian: отверстие n