The word oral may refer to:

Relating to the mouth

* Relating to the

mouth In animal anatomy, the mouth, also known as the oral cavity, or in Latin cavum oris, is the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds. It is also the cavity lying at the upper end of the alimentary canal, bounded on ...

, the first portion of the alimentary canal that primarily receives food and liquid **

Oral administration Oral administration is a route of administration where a substance is taken through the mouth. Per os abbreviated to P.O. is sometimes used as a direction for medication to be taken orally. Many medications are taken orally because they are in ...

of medicines **

Oral examination The oral exam (also oral test or '; ' in German-speaking nations) is a practice in many schools and disciplines in which an examiner poses questions to the student in spoken form. The student has to answer the question in such a way as to demonst ...

(also known as an oral exam or oral test), a practice in many schools and disciplines in which an examiner poses questions to the student in spoken form **

Oral hygiene Oral hygiene is the practice of keeping one's mouth clean and free of disease and other problems (e.g. bad breath) by regular brushing of the teeth (dental hygiene) and cleaning between the teeth. It is important that oral hygiene be carried out ...

, practices involved in cleaning the mouth and preventing disease **

Oral medication A route of administration in pharmacology and toxicology is the way by which a drug, fluid, poison, or other substance is taken into the body. Routes of administration are generally classified by the location at which the substance is applied. ...

** Oral rehydration therapy, a simple treatment for dehydration associated with diarrhea ** Oral sex, sexual activity involving the stimulation of genitalia by use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat. **

Oral stage In Freudian psychoanalysis, the term oral stage or hemitaxia denotes the first psychosexual development stage wherein the mouth of the infant is their primary erogenous zone. Spanning the life period from birth to the age of 18 months, the oral s ...

, a human development phase in Freudian developmental psychology **

Oral tradition Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. Vansina, Jan: ''Oral Tradition as History'' (1985 ...

, cultural material and tradition transmitted orally from one generation to another ** Oralism, the education of deaf students through oral language by using lip reading, and mimicking of mouth shapes and breathing patterns ** Speech communication, also known as oral communication or verbal communication, as opposed to writing

Places

* Oral, Kazakhstan, a city * Oral, South Dakota, United States * Royaume d'Oral, 18th-century French name for the Principality of Bethio on the Senegal River in West Africa

People

* Oral Jacobs (1911-1995), American politician * Oral Roberts (1918–2009), American televangelist **

Oral Roberts University Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a private evangelical university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1963, the university is named after its founder, evangelist Oral Roberts. Sitting on a campus, ORU offers over 70 undergraduate degree programs ...

, named after the televangelist * Oral P. Tuttle (1889–1957), American lawyer and politician

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