The word oral may refer to:
Relating to the mouth
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mouth
A mouth also referred to as the oral is the body orifice through which many animals ingest food and animal communication#Auditory, vocalize. The body cavity immediately behind the mouth opening, known as the oral cavity (or in Latin), is also t ...
, the first portion of the alimentary canal that primarily receives food and liquid
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Oral administration
Oral administration is a route of administration whereby a substance is taken through the Human mouth, mouth, swallowed, and then processed via the digestive system. This is a common route of administration for many medications.
Oral administ ...
of medicines
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Oral examination (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
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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
Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication in which knowledge, art, ideas and culture are received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another.Jan Vansina, Vansina, Jan: ''Oral Tradition as History'' (19 ...
, 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
Speech is the use of the human voice as a medium for language. Spoken language combines vowel and consonant sounds to form units of meaning like words, which belong to a language's lexicon. There are many different intentional speech acts, s ...
, also known as oral communication or verbal communication, as opposed to writing
Places
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Oral, Kazakhstan
Oral (, ), also known as Uralsk (, ), is a city in northwestern Kazakhstan, at the confluence of the Ural (river), Ural and Chagan (Ural), Chagan rivers close to the Russian Kazakhstan–Russia border, border. As it is located on the western bank ...
, 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
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Oral Roberts University, named after the televangelist
People
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Oral (name), list of people with the name
Music
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"Oral" (song), 2023 song by Björk and Rosalía
See also
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Aural
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Ora (disambiguation)
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Orel (disambiguation)
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Ural (disambiguation)
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