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
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Oral administration of medicines
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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
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Oral hygiene, practices involved in cleaning the mouth and preventing disease
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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. ...
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Oral rehydration therapy, a simple treatment for dehydration associated with diarrhea
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Oral sex, sexual activity involving the stimulation of genitalia by use of the mouth, tongue, teeth or throat.
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Oral stage, a human development phase in Freudian developmental psychology
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Oral tradition, cultural material and tradition transmitted orally from one generation to another
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Oralism, the education of deaf students through oral language by using lip reading, and mimicking of mouth shapes and breathing patterns
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Speech communication, also known as oral communication or verbal communication, as opposed to writing
Places
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Oral, Kazakhstan, a city
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Oral, South Dakota, United States
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Royaume d'Oral, 18th-century French name for the Principality of Bethio on the Senegal River in West Africa
People
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Oral Jacobs (1911-1995), American politician
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Oral Roberts (1918–2009), American televangelist
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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
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Oral P. Tuttle (1889–1957), American lawyer and politician
See also
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Aural
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Ora (disambiguation)
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Orel (disambiguation)
Orel (meaning ''eagle'' in some Slavic languages; also a common first name in Israel meaning ''Light of God'' in Hebrew) may refer to:
People
*Orel Hershiser (born 1958), former professional right-handed pitcher
*Vladimir Orel (1952–2007), Rus ...
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Ural (disambiguation)
Ural may refer to:
*Ural (region), in Russia and Kazakhstan
*Ural Mountains, in Russia and Kazakhstan
*Ural (river), in Russia and Kazakhstan
*Ual (tool), a mortar tool used by the Bodo people of India
*Ural Federal District, in Russia
*Ural econo ...
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