Close Up An Orifice Or Passage Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 13, 2023

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	99%	7		Exact Match!
	verb • block passage through
	34%	9		A medical term for the narrowing of a bodily passage or orifice
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	32%	10		Mechanisms used to close off an artificial orifice in the body
	noun • a prosthesis used to close an opening (as to close an opening of the hard palate in cases of cleft palate)

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The Guardian Quick30 Apr 2011	Down 13
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