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o⋅ral⋅i⋅ty

  [aw-ral-i-tee, oh-ral-]
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–noun Psychoanalysis.
the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
Origin:
1660–70; oral + -ity
Christopher Basiago, DDS
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o⋅ral

  [awr-uhl, ohr-]
–adjective
1. uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
2. of, using, or transmitted by speech: oral methods of language teaching; oral traditions.
3. of, pertaining to, or involving the mouth: the oral cavity.
4. done, taken, or administered through the mouth: an oral dose of medicine.
5. Phonetics. articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as the normal English vowels and the consonants b and v.
6. Psychoanalysis.
a. of or pertaining to the earliest phase of infantile psychosexual development, lasting from birth to one year of age or longer, during which pleasure is obtained from eating, sucking, and biting.
b. of or pertaining to the sublimation of feelings experienced during the oral stage of childhood: oral anxiety.
c. of or pertaining to gratification by stimulation of the lips or membranes of the mouth, as in sucking, eating, or talking
7. Zoology. pertaining to that surface of polyps and marine animals that contains the mouth and tentacles.
–noun
8. an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given esp. to a candidate for an advanced degree.
Origin:
1615–25; < L ōr- (s. of ōs) mouth (c. Skt āsya) + -al 1

Related forms:
o⋅ral⋅i⋅ty, noun
o⋅ral⋅ly, adverb

Usage note:
1. See verbal.
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Word Origin & History

oral 
1625, from L.L. oralis, from L. os (gen. oris) "mouth, opening, face, entrance," from PIE *os-/*ous- "mouth" (cf. Skt. asan "mouth," asyam "mouth, opening," Avestan ah-, Hittite aish, M.Ir. a "mouth," O.N. oss "mouth of a river," O.E. or "beginning, origin, front"). Psychological meaning "of the mouth as the focus of infantile sexual energy" (e.g. oral fixation) is from 1910. The sexual sense is first recorded 1948, in Kinsey.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: oral
Pronunciation: 'Or-&l, 'or-, 'är-
Function: adjective
1 a : of, relating to, or involving the mouth : BUCCAL oral mucous membrane> b : given or taken through or by way of the mouth oralvaccine> oral suspension of a drug> c : acting on the mouth <oral diseases>
2 : emphasizing lipreading and the development ofvocal expression in teaching the deaf —compare MANUAL
3 a : of, relating to, or characterized by thefirst stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory during which libidinal gratification is derived from intake (as of food), by sucking, and later by biting b : of,relating to, or characterized by personality traits of passive dependence and aggressiveness —compare ANAL 2 GENITAL 3 PHALLIC 2 —oral·i·ty /o-'ral-&t-E, O-/ noun plural -ties
—oral·ly adverb
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Medical Dictionary

oral o·ral (ôr'əl)
adj.

  1. Of or relating to the mouth.

  2. Used in or taken through the mouth.

  3. Of or relating to the first stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, in which the mouth is the focus of exploration and pleasure.

o'ral·ly adv.

orality o·ral·i·ty (ôr-āl'ĭ-tē)
n.
The psychic organization derived from and characteristic of the oral stage of psychosexual development.

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Science Dictionary
oral   (ôr'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to or involving the mouth.
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