Meaning & use
Orifice
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An opening, especially one in the body or in a mechanical structure, through which something can pass.
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The surgeon examined the wound near the nasal orifice.
Steam escaped through a small orifice in the pipe.
A note on using this word
A clinical or technical term, generally preferred in medical and engineering contexts over more casual words like 'hole.'
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