American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This or·i·fice Audio Help (ôr'ə-fĭs, ŏr'-) Pronunciation Key
n. An opening, especially to a cavity or passage of the body; a mouth or vent.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin ōrificium : Latin ōs, ōr-, mouth; see ōs- in Indo-European roots + Latin -ficium, a making, doing (from facere, to make; see dhē- in Indo-European roots).]
or'i·fi'cial (-fĭsh'əl) adj.
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