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oral

23 7.2

About a young child's early stage focused on the mouth

adjective
/ˈɔrəl/

Specialized

: oral

The paper also offers some suggestions toward understanding the sensitivity of oral communications between teachers and students.
oral phase

Examples

So the initial issue that that that that comes up in this oral stage of development is, is safety.
Speaking activities include role plays, panel discussions, and oral reports related to the research projects.

Academic text (1990)
Research supports the pivotal importance of oral practice to English language development (Fillmore & Snow, 2000).

Academic text (2013)
On Saturday, May 12, Hubble took his final oral examination at Yerkes, before Frost, Barnard, and Parkhurst.

Academic text (1990)
The child's behavior during the oral stage was characterized by his fascination with putting objects in his mouth.
She developed an oral fixation that manifested in her constant chewing of gum.
According to Freud, the oral stage is crucial for understanding personality development.

Antonyms

anal

Formal

25 9.1

Relating to a childhood stage about toilet training and bowel control

Compounds

oral sex

Offensive

50 6.0

Using the mouth, lips, or tongue to touch someone's private parts

oral exam

4 3.5

A test where students answer questions by speaking

oral contraceptive

Specialized

4 3.6

A pill women take to prevent pregnancy by stopping the release of an egg

oral presentation

3 3.4

A talk given to a group, often at school or work

oral hygiene

3 3.3

Keeping the mouth, teeth, and gums clean prevents tooth problems

oral contract

Specialized

2 4.2

An agreement spoken rather than written that is legally binding

oral cancer

Specialized

1 3.7

A disease in the mouth when harmful cells grow and form a lump often on the lips or tongue

oral cavity

Specialized

1 3.9

A space inside your mouth where you put food and make speech sounds

oral communication

1 3.2

To talk to share ideas or information with others

oral examination

1 3.7

An exam where you answer spoken questions to show what you know

oral contraception

Specialized

1 3.5

A way to prevent pregnancy by taking pills by mouth

oral contraceptive pill

Specialized

1 3.7

A pill taken by mouth that prevents a woman from becoming pregnant

oral fissure

Specialized

7.2

The opening of the mouth that lets you eat and speak

oral consonant

Specialized

6.3

A speech sound made when air leaves only through the mouth, not the nose

oral herpes

Specialized

5.1

A contagious infection that causes painful cold sores on or around the lips

oral personality

Jargon

9.5

A personality type that comes from early feeding problems and shows strong need for others or selfish, aggressive behavior

oral phase

Specialized

8.6

First stage of a baby's development when they feel pleasure from sucking and biting

oral poliovirus vaccine

Specialized

4.3

A medicine people take by mouth that contains weakened polio virus to protect them from polio

oral smear

Specialized

6.3

A sample of mouth cells spread on a slide to look at under a microscope

oral stage

Specialized

7.9

The first stage of baby development when babies get pleasure from sucking or chewing

oral vowel

Specialized

7.7

A vowel made with air only through the mouth, not the nose

trivalent live oral poliomyelitis vaccine

Specialized

5.6

A medicine taken by mouth that contains three weakened live polio viruses to protect against polio

Surface Forms

oral positive

Morphology

oral = or + al

Formed with '-al' from the combining form meaning 'mouth'; the psychosexual sense is specialized, so learners may not predict the clinical usage from basic knowledge.

Etymology

Oral in psychology uses the Latin root oris 'mouth', because the 'oral' stage is when a child's focus is on the mouth, so habits like thumb-sucking are called oral.