oral \o"ral\, a. l. os, oris, the mouth, akin to skr. =as.
   cf. adore, orison, usher.
   1. uttered by the mouth, or in words; spoken, not written;
      verbal; as, oral traditions; oral testimony; oral law.
      1913 webster

   2. of or pertaining to the mouth; surrounding or lining the
      mouth; as, the oral cavity; oral cilia or cirri.
      1913 webster
see also:
adore orison usher 

oral
     adj 1: using speech rather than writing; "an oral tradition"; "an
            oral agreement" syn: unwritten
     2: of or relating to or affecting or for use in the mouth;
        "oral hygiene"; "an oral thermometer"; "an oral vaccine"
     3: of or involving the mouth or mouth region or the surface on
        which the mouth is located; "the oral cavity"; "the oral
        mucous membrane"; "the oral surface of a starfish" ant: aboral
     4: a stage in psychosexual development when the child's
        interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this
        stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and
        aggression ant: anal
     n : an examination conducted by word of mouth syn: oral exam,
          oral examination, viva voce, viva
see also:
unwritten aboral anal oral exam oral examination viva voce 
viva 

97 moby thesaurus words for "oral":
   acknowledged, admitted, answering, articulate, articulated,
   audition, blue book, communicating, communicational, communional,
   conventional, conversational, customary, enunciated, established,
   exam, examen, examination, final, final examination, fixed, folk,
   great go, hallowed, handed down, hearing, heroic, hoary, honors,
   immemorial, interacting, interactional, interactive,
   intercommunicational, intercommunicative, intercommunional,
   interresponsive, interrogative, interrogatory, inveterate,
   legendary, lingual, linguistic, long-established, long-standing,
   mandibular, maxillary, midsemester, midterm, mouthlike,
   mythological, nuncupative, of long standing, of the folk,
   oral examination, orificial, parol, prelim, prescriptive,
   pronounced, questioning, quiz, received, recognized, responsive,
   rooted, said, sonant, sounded, speech, spoken,
   take-home examination, telepathic, test, time-honored, told,
   traditional, transmissional, trial, tried and true, tripos,
   true-blue, understood, unwritten, uttered, venerable, verbal, viva,
   viva voce, vocal, vocalized, voiced, voiceful, word-of-mouth,
   worshipful, written, written examination

oral. something spoken in contradistinction to something written; as oral 
evidence, which is evidence delivered verbally by a witness, 

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