| AVO | aortic valve opening; aortic valve orifice; atrioventricular opening |
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| CAVO | common atrioventricular orifice |
| EOA | effective orifice area; erosive osteoarthritis; esophageal obturator airway; examination, opinion, a... |
| LUO | left ureteral orifice |
| MVO | maximum venous outflow; mitral valve opening or orifice |
| gastroduodenal orifice | The opening between the stomach and the superior part of the duodenum. Synonym: ostium pyloricum, gastroduodenal orifice. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| orifice | An opening. The mouth for example is an orifice. (12 Dec 1998) |
| orifice of external acoustic meatus | 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) |
| orifice of inferior vena cava | The orifice through which the inferior vena cava opens into the right atrium. Synonym: ostium venae cavae inferioris, orifice of inferior vena cava. (05 Mar 2000) |
| orifice of internal acoustic meatus | The inner opening of the internal acoustic meatus on the posterior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone. Synonym: porus acusticus internus, internal acoustic foramen, internal acoustic pore, auditory pore, internal auditory foramen, orifice of internal acoustic meatus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| orifice of superior vena cava | The point of entry of the superior vena cava into the right atrium. Synonym: ostium venae cavae superioris, orifice of superior vena cava. (05 Mar 2000) |
| tricuspid orifice | An atrioventricular opening which leads from the right atrium into the right ventricle of the heart. Synonym: ostium atrioventriculare dextrum, ostium venosum cordis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| external urethral orifice | The slitlike opening of the urethra in the glans penis, the external orifice of the urethra (in the female) in the vestibule, usually upon a slight elevation, the papilla urethrae. Synonym: ostium urethrae externum, external opening of urethra, meatus urinarius, orificium urethrae externum. (05 Mar 2000) |