Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun oral_phase

1 sense of oral phase

Sense 1
oral stage, oral phase -- ((psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting)
       => phase, stage -- (any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected")