oral

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.

Phonetics. articulated with none of the voice issuing through the nose, as the normal English vowels and the consonants b and v.

Psychoanalysis.

1. 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.

2. of or relating to the sublimation of feelings experienced during the oral stage of childhood.

   oral anxiety.

3. of or relating to gratification by stimulation of the lips or membranes of the mouth, as in sucking, eating, or talking

Zoology. pertaining to that surface of polyps and marine animals that contains the mouth and tentacles.

spoken or verbal

an oral agreement

relating to, affecting, or for use in the mouth

an oral thermometer

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 Compare parenteral

an oral contraceptive

of, relating to, or using spoken words

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

psychoanal

1. relating to a stage of psychosexual development during which the child's interest is concentrated on the mouth

2. denoting personality traits, such as dependence, selfishness, and aggression, resulting from fixation at the oral stage Compare anal genital phallic