English Explanatory Dictionary

preoral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth.
  2. Prior to the oral stage, in Freudian psychoanalysis.
  3. Prior to an oral exam.

Word forms

preoral pre-oral

Etymology

From pre- + oral.

Antonyms

postoral

Derived words

preorally
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