¦ adjective
1. spoken rather than written.
2. relating to the mouth.
done or taken by the mouth.
Psychoanalysis relating to or denoting a stage of infantile psychosexual development in which the mouth is the main source of sensuous experience.
¦ noun a spoken examination or test.
Derivatives
orally adverb
Origin
C17: from late L. oralis, from L. os, or- 'mouth'.