different between oral vs diethylstilbestrol

English

Etymology

From Late Latin ?r?lis, from Latin ?s (“mouth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?óh?s.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?????l/, /????l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????l/, /????l/
• Rhymes: -????l
• Homophone: aural

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. Relating to the mouth.

2. Spoken rather than written.

Synonyms

• mouthly (rare)
• spoken

Antonyms

• written

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

oral (plural orals)

1. (countable) A spoken test or examination, particularly in a language class.

2. (countable) A physical examination of the mouth.
3. (uncountable, informal) Oral sex.

See also

• aural

Further reading

• oral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• oral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• -arol, Arlo, LoRa, Loar, Lora, Orla

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch overal, from Middle Dutch overal, from Old Dutch overal.

Adverb

oral

1. everywhere

Alternative forms

• orals
• oralste, oralster (nonstandard)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /o??al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u??al/

Adjective

oral (masculine and feminine plural orals)

1. oral

Derived terms

• oralitat
• oralment

Further reading

• “oral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “oral” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “oral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “oral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?oral]

Verb

oral

1. masculine singular past participle of orat

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?r?lis, from ?s (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?al/
• Homophones: orale, orales

Adjective

oral (feminine singular orale, masculine plural oraux, feminine plural orales)

1. oral

Derived terms

• sexe oral

Noun

oral m (plural oraux)

1. an oral exam, a viva, a viva voce

Further reading

• “oral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

From Latin os, oris (“mouth”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. Relating to the mouth.

Declension

Further reading

• “oral” in Duden online

Interlingua

Adjective

oral (not comparable)

1. oral (pertaining to the mouth)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin oralis

Adjective

oral m or f (plural orais, comparable)

1. oral

Derived terms

• oralidade

Romanian

Etymology

From French oral.

Adjective

oral m or n (feminine singular oral?, masculine plural orali, feminine and neuter plural orale)

1. oral

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

oral m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. Obsolete spelling of orao

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin os, oris (“mouth”) + -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o??al/, [o??al]

Adjective

oral (plural orales)

1. oral

Derived terms

English

Alternative forms

• diethylstilboestrol (British)

Etymology

From diethyl +? stilb(ene) +? -estr- (“estrogen”) +? -ol.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /da????.?l.st?l?b??st??l/

Noun

diethylstilbestrol (countable and uncountable, plural diethylstilbestrols) (abbreviated DES)

1. (pharmacology) A synthetic estrogen drug C₁₈H₂₀O₂ used formerly to prevent miscarriage or premature delivery in humans and to promote growth in livestock. The medical use of diethystilbestrol was discontinued in the U.S. during the early 1970s due to its association with serious side effects (such as reproductive tract abnormalities and increased rates of infertility) in offspring exposed to the drug while developing in the uterus. It is no longer commercially available in the U.S. and its use is currently limited to specially compounded formulations for veterinary care.

   Synonym: stilbestrol

References

• “diethylstilbestrol”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).