with+an+opening+or+orifice

  • 1orifice — [[t]ɒ̱rɪfɪs, AM ɔ͟ːr [/t]] orifices N COUNT An orifice is an opening or hole, especially one in your body such as your mouth. [FORMAL] After a massive heart attack, he was strapped to a bed, with tubes in every orifice …

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  • 2Orifice — Or i*fice, n. [F., from L. orificium; os, oris, a mouth + facere to make. See {Oral}, and {Fact}.] 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. Shak. [1913 Webster] Etna… …

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  • 3Orifice plate — Flat plate, sharp edge orifice ISO 5167 Orifice Plate An orifice plate is a device used for measuring the volumetric flow rate. It …

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  • 4opening — A gap in or entrance to an organ, tube, or cavity. SEE ALSO: aperture, fossa, ostium, orifice, pore. access o. SYN: access. aortic o. SYN: aortic hiatus …

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  • 5orifice — Any aperture or opening. SEE ALSO: aperture, opening, os, ostium, meatus. SYN: orificium [TA]. [L. orificium] anal o. SYN: anus. aortic o. [TA] the opening from the left …

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  • 6Orifice — An orifice is any opening, mouth, hole or vent, as of a pipe, plate, or a body. Body orifice Orifice plate Calibrated orifice Nozzle Back Orifice See also Choked flow Needle valve Venturi effect Flow measurement …

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  • 7opening — /oh peuh ning/, n. 1. an act or instance of making or becoming open. 2. the act of a person or thing that opens. 3. an unobstructed or unoccupied space or place. 4. a void in solid matter; a gap, hole, or aperture. 5. a tract of land thinly… …

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  • 8genital opening — 1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) a. In Acari, originally a transverse slit or trifid orifice associated with segment eight. b. In many actinotrochid Acari, it is found in the progenital chamber where it is named the eugenital opening. 2. (MOLLUSCA:… …

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  • 9Vaginal orifice — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = ostium vaginae GraySubject = 270 GrayPage = 1266 Caption = #9 System = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = o 09 DorlandsSuf = 12602121 The vaginal orifice is a median slit below and behind the opening of… …

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  • 10foraminated — a. Perforated, foraminous, with an opening or orifice …

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