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orificial

orificial adjective: of or relating to the orifices of the body.

Adjective

orificial (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the orifices of the body.
    • Orificial atherosclerotic lesions are much less likely to respond to balloon dilation alone because they are essentially composed of aortic plaque, which cannot be effectively cracked and remodeled in a durable manner by a balloon alone.2007, Courtney M. Townsend, Sabiston Textbook of Surgery
    • The orificial invasion is compensated for not only by clitoral excitation but also by the early elaboration of an identificatory and introjective link with the seductive and intrusive object constituted by the mother(insofar as she also relays the father's desire).2013, Jerome A. Winer, The Annual of Psychoanalysis, volume 32

Origin of orificial

From orifice + -ial.

Words formed from orificial

Words that rhyme with orificial

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Questions about orificial

What does orificial mean?
Orificial means of or relating to the orifices of the body.
What part of speech is orificial?
Orificial is an adjective.

Words near orificial in the dictionary

  1. oriferous
  2. orifical
  3. orifice
  4. orificed
  5. orifices
  6. orificial
  7. oriflamb
  8. oriflambs
  9. oriflamme
  10. oriflammes
  11. oriform

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