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orad

orad adjective: located towards the oral opening (the mouth).

Adjective

orad (comparative more orad, superlative most orad)

  1. Located towards the oral opening (the mouth).
    • The sutures of four septa are exposed; the most orad of these can be traced with a fair degree of accuracy throughout almost its entire course.1931, William Arthur Parks, Collected Papers, volume 3, page 86
    • The frequency of segmenting contractions is higher in the descending and sigmoid colon than in more orad areas.2001, Leonard R. Johnson, Gastrointestinal Physiology, page 63

Adverb

orad

  1. Towards the oral opening (the mouth).
    • The most common symptom of GERD is heartburn, which is described as substernal burning that moves orad from the xiphoid.1998, Tadataka Yamada et al., Handbook of Gastroenterology, page 228
    • Beginning 8 to 10 sec prior to egestion, the pellet is moved orad by esophageal antiperistalsis.1999, D. Michael Denbow, “12: Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology”, in G. Causey Whittow, editor, Sturkie's Avian Physiology, page 307

orad meaning in Tamil

orad in Tamil

வாயை நோக்கி

Examples of orad in a sentence

  • The endoscope is advanced to its most orad (toward the mouth) limit and then slowly withdrawn so that the mucosa can be thoroughly examined.2006, Sara J. Busch, Small Animal Surgical Nursing: Skills and Concepts, page 270:
  • This is due to the UES moving completely off the sensor as it moves orad with the swallow.2012, Neeraj Sharma, Janice Freeman, “8: Esophageal Manometry”, in Joel E. Richter, Donald O. Castell, editors, The Esophagus, page 179:

Antonyms of orad

Forms of orad

comparativemore orad
superlativemost orad

Origin of orad

From oro- + -ad.

Questions about orad

What does orad mean?
Orad means located towards the oral opening (the mouth).
What is orad in Tamil?
Orad in Tamil is வாயை நோக்கி. See Orad meaning in Tamil.
How do you use orad in a sentence?
The endoscope is advanced to its most orad (toward the mouth) limit and then slowly withdrawn so that the mucosa can be thoroughly examined.
What part of speech is orad?
Orad can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near orad in the dictionary

  1. oracularness
  2. oraculous
  3. oraculously
  4. oraculousness
  5. oracy
  6. orad
  7. Oradea
  8. Oradell
  9. oragious
  10. Oraha
  11. Orahas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orad (page history and authors); orad (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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