Oral
Oral referred to ingestion through the mouth, or involving , such as an oral examination or reciting oral history.

Some drugs were taken orally. In 2268, Doctor Leonard McCoy ordered that the theragen derivative antidote be given orally or intravenously to every member of 's crew. ()

In 2374, The Doctor told Seven of Nine that she would have to begin eating and drinking again. Seven protested that "Oral consumption is inefficient." The Doctor agreed, saying it was also unnecessary if you were a hologram, but that Human physiology required it. ()

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