| IUM | internal urethral meatus; intrauterine [fetus] malnourished; intrauterine membrane |
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| EC | effective concentration; ejection click; electrochemical; electron capture; embryonal carcinoma; eme... |
| ECP | ectrodactyly-cleft palate [syndrome]; effector cell precursor; endocardial potential; eosinophil cat... |
| ER | efficiency ratio; epigastric region; ejection rate; electroresection; emergency room; endoplasmic re... |
| Ao | orifice area |
| external acoustic foramen | The orifice of the external acoustic meatus in the tympanic portion of the temporal bone. Synonym: porus acusticus externus, external acoustic foramen, external acoustic pore, external auditory pore, external auditory foramen, orifice of external acoustic meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| external acoustic pore | The orifice of the external acoustic meatus in the tympanic portion of the temporal bone. Synonym: porus acusticus externus, external acoustic foramen, external acoustic pore, external auditory pore, external auditory foramen, orifice of external acoustic meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anal orifice | <anatomy> The distal or terminal orifice of the alimentary canal. (18 Nov 1997) |
| aortic orifice | The opening from the left ventricle into the ascending aorta; it is guarded by the aortic valve. Synonym: ostium aortae, aortic ostium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cardiac orifice | The trumpet-shaped opening of the oesophagus into the stomach. Synonym: ostium cardiacum, cardiac opening, oesophagogastric orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vaginal orifice | The narrowest portion of the canal, in the floor of the vestibule posterior to the urethral orifice. Synonym: ostium vaginae, orificium vaginae, vaginal opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastroduodenal orifice | The opening between the stomach and the superior part of the duodenum. Synonym: ostium pyloricum, gastroduodenal orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| golf-hole ureteral orifice | A retracted funnel-shaped condition of the ureteral orifice in the wall of the bladder, due often to tuberculosis or a secondary sclerosis of the ureter. (05 Mar 2000) |
| root canal orifice | An opening in the pulp chamber leading to the root canal. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mitral orifice | An atrioventricular opening which leads from the left atrium into the left ventricle of the heart. Synonym: ostium atrioventriculare sinistrum, ostium arteriosum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pulmonary orifice | The opening of the pulmonary trunk from the right ventricle, guarded by the pulmonary valve. Synonym: ostium trunci pulmonalis, pulmonary orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pyloric orifice | The opening between the stomach and the superior part of the duodenum. Synonym: ostium pyloricum, gastroduodenal orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ileocaecal orifice | The opening of the terminal ileum into the large intestine at the transition between the caecum and the ascending colon. Synonym: ostium ileocaecale, ileocaecal opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| internal urethral orifice | The internal opening or orifice of the urethra, at the anterior and inferior angle of the trigone. Synonym: ostium urethrae internum, internal urethral opening. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oesophagogastric orifice | The trumpet-shaped opening of the oesophagus into the stomach. Synonym: ostium cardiacum, cardiac opening, oesophagogastric orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |