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hyperoral

adjective

Having excessive compulsions to place things in the mouth.

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Meanings

adjectivehyperoral (comparative more hyperoral, superlative most hyperoral)

comparative more hyperoral · superlative most hyperoral

medicineHaving excessive compulsions to place things in the mouth.

Origin

From hyper- + oral.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hyperoral

oral floral coral pastoral choral aural mayoral auroral binaural amoral monaural loral poral goral perioral aboral adoral circhoral circumoral corollifloral discifloral endaural endoral exosporal

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APA

hyperoral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperoral

MLA

“hyperoral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperoral. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hyperoral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hyperoral.

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