preoral

See also: pre-oral and préoral

English

Alternative forms

• pre-oral

Etymology

pre- +‎ oral

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹəl

Adjective

preoral (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth.
2. (psychoanalysis) Prior to the oral stage, in Freudian psychoanalysis.

Antonyms

• postoral

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “preoral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• peroral