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Definition of External orifice

1. Noun. The orifice through which urine is discharged.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of External Orifice

external nasal vein external nasal veins external nose external nuclear layer of retina external oblique external oblique muscle external oblique reflex external oblique ridge external obturator muscle external occipital crest

external occipital protuberance external opening of urethra external ophthalmopathy external ophthalmoplegia external organ external orifice (current term) external os of uterus external ovular transmigration external pacemaker external phase

external pin fixation external pterygoid muscle external pudendal arteries external pudendal veins external pyocephalus external radiation external radiation therapy external respiration external respiration external respiratory nerve of Bell

Literary usage of External orifice

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1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The membranous portion (pars membranacea) is the shortest, least dilatable, and, with the exception of the external orifice, the narrowest part of the canal ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1883)
"How large should the external orifice Ы' in order to call it normal ? ... If his Sims sound of 3 mm. passes the external orifice with such difficulty that ..."

3. The Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Rectum and Anus by Charles Boyd Kelsey (1884)
"The presence of more than one external orifice is rare in subcutaneous fistulae ; and an internal opening will be found in the great majority of cases, ..."

4. The London Medical Gazette (1835)
"... and who ««•"I the greatest possible precaution, lv fiot measuring riff the exact distance from the external orifice, and setting the lancet so that it ..."

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