From HomoExcelsior

1. verbal 2. oral surgery. 3. an oral thermometer; an oral vaccine. 4. oral instruction. 5. Articulated through the mouth only, with the nasal passages closed. 6. Of or relating to the first stage of psychosexual development in psychoanalytic theory, during which the mouth is the chief focus of exploration and pleasure. 7. An academic examination in which questions and answers are spoken rather than written. Often used in the plural.

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