suboral
əl, ˈoʊr- 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 especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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oral (ˈɔːrəl, ˈɒrəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | spoken or verbal: an oral agreement |
| 2. | relating to, affecting, or for use in the mouth: an oral thermometer |
| 3. | of or relating to the surface of an animal, such as a jellyfish, on which the mouth is situated |
| 4. | Compare parenteral denoting a drug to be taken by mouth: an oral contraceptive |
| 5. | of, relating to, or using spoken words |
| 6. | phonetics pronounced with the soft palate in a raised position completely closing the nasal cavity and allowing air to pass out only through the mouth |
| 7. | psychoanal |
| a. relating to a stage of psychosexual development during which the child's interest is concentrated on the mouth | |
| b. anal genital Compare phallic denoting personality traits, such as dependence, selfishness, and aggression, resulting from fixation at the oral stage | |
| —n | |
| 8. | an examination in which the questions and answers are spoken rather than written |
| [C17: from Late Latin orālis, from Latin ōs face] | |
| 'orally | |
| —adv | |
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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
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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Science Dictionary
oral  (ôr'əl) Pronunciation Key
Relating to or involving the mouth. |
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