Oral transmission, literally meaning "passing by mouth", may refer to:
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Oral tradition
Oral tradition, or oral lore, is a form of human communication wherein knowledge, art, ideas and cultural material is received, preserved, and transmitted orally from one generation to another. Vansina, Jan: ''Oral Tradition as History'' (198 ...
of stories, texts, music, laws and other cultural elements
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Oral gospel traditions, referring specifically to the Christian Gospels
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Pathogen transmission in medicine and biology
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