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orifice
Overview of noun orifice
The noun orifice has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) orifice, opening, porta -- (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun orifice
1 sense of orifice
Sense 1
orifice, opening, porta
=> passage, passageway
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> body part
=> part, piece
=> thing
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun orifice
1 sense of orifice
Sense 1
orifice, opening, porta
=> vent
=> blastopore
=> aortic orifice
=> stoma
=> porta hepatis
=> spiracle
=> mouth
=> os
=> cervix, uterine cervix, cervix uteri
=> fenestra
=> cardia
=> introitus
=> urethral orifice, external orifice
=> pylorus
=> anus, arse, arsehole, asshole
=> fontanelle, fontanel, soft spot
=> naris
=> rima
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun orifice
1 sense of orifice
Sense 1
orifice, opening, porta
=> passage, passageway
Antonyms of noun orifice
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Attributes of noun orifice
Derived Forms of noun orifice
Domain of noun orifice
Domain Terms of noun orifice
Familiarity of noun orifice
orifice used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun orifice
1 sense of orifice
Sense 1
orifice, opening, porta
> passage, passageway
=> birth canal
=> meatus
=> orifice, opening, porta
=> duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
=> sinusoid
=> carpal tunnel
=> root canal
=> esophagus, oesophagus, gorge, gullet
=> epicardia
=> fauces
=> fistula, sinus
=> shunt
Meronyms of noun orifice
1 sense of orifice
Sense 1
orifice, opening, porta
=> passage, passageway
=> structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
=> body part
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Holonyms of noun orifice
Grep of noun orifice
aortic orifice
external orifice
orifice
urethral orifice
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