Ora vs Orad - What's the difference?

ora | orad |

As a verb ora

is .

(anatomy) located towards the oral opening (the mouth).

(anatomy) towards the oral opening (the mouth).

(head)

; mouths or openings, especially of the cervix.

Anglo-Saxon.

(en noun)

A unit of money among the Anglo-Saxons.

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(en adjective)

(anatomy) Located towards the oral opening (the mouth).

* 1931 , William Arthur Parks, Collected Papers , Volume 3, page 86,

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.

* 2001 , Leonard R. Johnson, Gastrointestinal Physiology , page 63,

The frequency of segmenting contractions is higher in the descending and sigmoid colon than in more orad areas.

* 2006 , Sara J. Busch, Small Animal Surgical Nursing: Skills and Concepts , page 270,

The endoscope is advanced to its most orad (toward the mouth) limit and then slowly withdrawn so that the mucosa can be thoroughly examined.

* (located toward the mouth) aboral

* (sense) caudad, ventral

(anatomy) Towards the oral opening (the mouth).

* 1998 , Tadataka Yamada, et al.'', ''Handbook of Gastroenterology , page 228,

The most common symptom of GERD is heartburn, which is described as substernal burning that moves orad from the xiphoid.

* 1999 , D. Michael Denbow, 12: Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology'', G. Causey Whittow (editor), ''Sturkie's Avian Physiology , page 307,

Beginning 8 to 10 sec prior to egestion, the pellet is moved orad by esophageal antiperistalsis.

* 2012 , Neeraj Sharma, Janice Freeman, 8: Esophageal Manometry'', Joel E. Richter, Donald O. Castell (editors), ''The Esophagus , page 179,

This is due to the UES moving completely off the sensor as it moves orad with the swallow.

* (towards the mouth) aborad

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