- uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- of, using, or transmitted by speech: oral methods of language teaching; oral traditions.
- of, relating to, or involving the mouth: the oral cavity.
- done, taken, or administered through the mouth: an oral dose of medicine.
- articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as the normal English vowels and the consonants b and v.
- 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
- pertaining to that surface of polyps and marine animals that contains the mouth and tentacles.
- an oral examination in a school, college, or university, given especially to a candidate for an advanced degree.
- spoken or verbal
- relating to, affecting, or for use in the mouth
- of or relating to the surface of an animal, such as a jellyfish, on which the mouth is situated
- denoting a drug to be taken by mouth
- of, relating to, or using spoken words
- pronounced with the soft palate in a raised position completely closing the nasal cavity and allowing air to pass out only through the mouth
- psychoanal
- relating to a stage of psychosexual development during which the child's interest is concentrated on the mouth
- denoting personality traits, such as dependence, selfishness, and aggression, resulting from fixation at the oral stage
- an examination in which the questions and answers are spoken rather than written
