oral adjective
o·ral
The adjective form of oral is oral
O oDefinitions
- adjective oral relating to the mouth 1
- adjective oral taken by mouth 1
- adjective oral spoken, not written 1
- adjective oral uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony. 1
- adjective oral of, using, or transmitted by speech: oral methods of language teaching; oral traditions. 1
- adjective oral of, relating to, or involving the mouth: the oral cavity. 1
- adjective oral done, taken, or administered through the mouth: an oral dose of medicine. 1
- adjective oral Phonetics. articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as the normal English vowels and the consonants b and v. 1
- adjective oral Psychoanalysis. of or relating 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. of or relating to the sublimation of feelings experienced during the oral stage of childhood: oral anxiety. of or relating to gratification by stimulation of the lips or membranes of the mouth, as in sucking, eating, or talking. 1
- adjective oral Zoology. pertaining to that surface of polyps and marine animals that contains the mouth and tentacles. 1
- adjective oral Oral communication is spoken rather than written. 0
- adjective oral You use oral to indicate that something is done with a person's mouth or relates to a person's mouth. 0
- adjective oral Oral medicines are taken by mouth. 0
- adjective oral spoken or verbal 0
- adjective oral relating to, affecting, or for use in the mouth 0
- adjective oral of or relating to the surface of an animal, such as a jellyfish, on which the mouth is situated 0
- adjective oral denoting a drug to be taken by mouth 0
- adjective oral of, relating to, or using spoken words 0
- adjective oral pronounced with the soft palate in a raised position completely closing the nasal cavity and allowing air to pass out only through the mouth 0
- adjective oral relating to a stage of psychosexual development during which the child's interest is concentrated on the mouth 0
- adjective oral denoting personality traits, such as dependence, selfishness, and aggression, resulting from fixation at the oral stage 0
- adjective oral uttered by the mouth; spoken 0
- adjective oral of speech; using speech 0
- adjective oral of, involving, or administered through the mouth 0
- adjective oral of or having to do with sexual stimulation of the genitals by the mouth or tongue 0
- adjective oral having mouth resonance only 0
- adjective oral designating or of the earliest stage of psychosexual development, in which interest centers around sucking, feeding, and biting 0
- adjective oral designating or of such traits in the adult as friendliness, generosity, and optimism or aggressiveness and pessimism, regarded as unconscious psychic residues of that stage 0
- adjective oral on or of the same side as the mouth 0
- adjective oral Oral means within or into the mouth. 0