Orad

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

Adverb
  1. 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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    toward the mouth or oral region wordnet

Synonyms

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caudad

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From oro- + -ad.

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