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Any of the upper orifices (eyes, ears, nostrils, and mouth), usually referred to collectively. The clear orifices are sometimes called the seven orifices. They are described as clear in contradistinction to the lower orifices, usually referred to as the two yīn, i.e., the anal and genital orifices, through which turbid waste is discharged from the body.

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