Oral

The word oral may refer to:

As an adjective:

• the mouth, the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food and saliva
• speech communication as opposed to writing
• oral administration of medicines
• oral schools, schools that use oralism to teach the deaf
• oral stage, 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, 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, a city
• Oral, South Dakota
• Royaume d, 'Oral, 18th Century French name for the Principality of Bethio on the Senegal River in West Africa
• Oral Roberts (1918–2009), American televangelist
• Oral Roberts University, named after the televangelist
• Oral submucous fibrosis, a chronic debilitating disease of the oral cavity characterized by inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the submucosal tissues
• Oral rehydration therapy, a simple treatment for dehydration associated with diarrhea, particularly gastroenteritis or gastroenteropathy

See also

• Ural (disambiguation)
• Orel (disambiguation)