Oral
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The word oral may refer to:

As an adjective:
  • the mouth
    Mouth
    The mouth is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food andsaliva. The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane epithelium lining the inside of the mouth....

    , the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food and saliva
  • speech communication as opposed to writing
  • oral administration
    Oral administration
    Oral administration is a route of administration where a substance is taken through the mouth.-Terminology:Per os is an adverbial phrase meaning literally from Latin "by mouth" or "by way of the mouth." The expression is used in medicine to describe a treatment that is taken orally. The...

     of medicines
  • oral schools, schools that use oralism
    Oralism
    Oralism is the education of deaf students through spoken language by using lip reading, speech, and mimicking the mouth shapes and breathing patterns of speech instead of using sign language within the classroom...

     to teach the deaf
  • oral stage
    Oral stage
    In Freudian psychoanalysis, the term oral stage denotes the first psychosexual development stage wherein the mouth of the infant is his or her primary erogenous zone...

    , Sigmund Freud's name for a child's development during the first 0 to 18 months of life, in which an infant's pleasure centers are in the mouth
  • oral sex
    Oral sex
    Oral sex is sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a sex partner by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. Cunnilingus refers to oral sex performed on females while fellatio refer to oral sex performed on males. Anilingus refers to oral stimulation of a person's anus...

    , sexual activity involving the stimulation of the genitalia of a sex partner by the use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat

Other

  • Oral, Kazakhstan
    Oral, Kazakhstan
    Oral , Uralsk in Russian, formerly known as Yaitsk , is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural and Chogan Rivers close to the Russian border. As it is located on the western side of the Ural river, it is considered geographically in Europe. It has a population of 350,000...

    , a city
  • Oral, South Dakota
    Oral, South Dakota
    Oral is an unincorporated community in Fall River County, South Dakota, United States at an elevation of . Although not tracked by the Census Bureau, Oral has been assigned the ZIP Code of 57766.-External links:*...

  • Royaume d, 'Oral, 18th Century French name for the Principality of Bethio
    Bethio
    The Principality of Bethio was a small monarchy located for centuries along the lower Senegal River valley, on the border between modern Mauritania and Senegal, in the northeast of Biffeche. In the 18th century it was also called the "Royaume d'Oral"...

     on the Senegal River in West Africa
  • Oral Roberts
    Oral Roberts
    Granville "Oral" Roberts was an American Pentecostal televangelist and a Christian charismatic. He founded the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Oral Roberts University....

     (1918–2009), American televangelist
  • Oral Roberts University
    Oral Roberts University
    Oral Roberts University , based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the United States, is an interdenominational, Charismatic Christian, comprehensive university with an enrollment of about 3,790 students from 49 U.S. states along with a significant number of international students from 70 countries...

    , named after the televangelist
  • Oral submucous fibrosis
    Oral submucous fibrosis
    Oral submucous fibrosis is a chronic,complex,irreversible,highly potent pre-cancerous condition characterized by juxta-epithelial inflammatory reaction and progressive fibrosis of the submucosal tissues . As the disease progresses, the jaws become rigid to the point that the sufferer is unable to...

    , a chronic debilitating disease of the oral cavity characterized by inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the submucosal tissues
  • Oral rehydration therapy
    Oral rehydration therapy
    Oral rehydration therapy is a simple treatment for dehydration associated with diarrhoea, particularly gastroenteritis or gastroenteropathy, such as that caused by cholera or rotavirus. ORT consists of a solution of salts and sugars which is taken by mouth...

    , a simple treatment for dehydration associated with diarrhea, particularly gastroenteritis or gastroenteropathy
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