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oral stage: (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
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| oral phase |
the first phase of child development as defined by Sigmund Freud. In each of these phases, the individual's pursuit of pleasure (driven by the id) is focused on a different erogenous zone. In the oral phase, the focus is on eating, or more generally on the pleasure of sensory consumption. (Compare anal phase and genital phase.)
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| oral phase dysphagia |
An inability to coordinate chewing and swallowing a bolus of food placed in the mouth.
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