Orifice

Noun

 * 1) A mouth or aperture, as of a tube, pipe, etc.; an opening; as,
 * 2) *the orifice of an artery or vein
 * 3) *the orifice of a wound

Thesaurus
aperture, broaching, cavity, chasm, check, clearing, cleft, crack, disclosure, fenestra, fistula, fontanel, foramen, gap, gape, gat, gulf, hiatus, hole, hollow, inlet, interval, lacuna, laying open, leak, opening, opening up, outlet, passageway, pore, slot, space, split, stoma, throwing open, uncorking, unstopping, vent, yawn

Etymology
Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin orificium:, compound of os: + facere:

Translations

 * Armenian: բացվածք, ,
 * Finnish: aukko (1), reikä (1)
 * French:
 * German: Öffnung (1)
 * Icelandic: ,


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: くち (kuchi), 開口部 (かいこうぶ, kaikōbu ), 孔 (あな, ana)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: beul