Meaning of orad | Babel Free

Definitions

Located towards the oral opening (the mouth).

Examples

“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.”

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

“The endoscope is advanced to its most orad (toward the mouth) limit and then slowly withdrawn so that the mucosa can be thoroughly examined.”

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