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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.
EXPANDPhonetics. 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.
COLLAPSEZoology. 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 especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
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Orals
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Related forms
o·ral·i·ty, noun
o·ral·ly, adverb
non·o·ral, adjective
non·o·ral·ly, adverb
post·o·ral, adjective
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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
EXPANDas 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
oral o·ral (ôr'əl)
adj.
Of or relating to the mouth.
Used in or taken through the mouth.
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.
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oral  (ôr'əl) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or involving the mouth. |
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