1. (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; [syn: oral stage, oral phase]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
oral phase
n 1: (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
[syn: oral stage, oral phase]