ORAL


Meaning of ORAL in English

■ adjective

1》 spoken rather than written.

2》 relating to the mouth.

↘done or taken by the mouth.

↘ Psychoanalysis relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development in which the mouth is the main source of sensuous experience.

■ noun a spoken examination or test.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

Origin

C17: from late L. ~is , from L. os , or- 'mouth'.

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