peroral, a.
(pɜːˈrɔːrəl)
[f. per-1 + oral a. (n.)]
Occurring or carried out by way of the mouth.
| 1908 Lancet 18 Apr. 1183/2 Sauerbruch's low-pressure apparatus, Brauer's high-pressure apparatus, and Kühn's method of producing high pressure by per-oral tubage had now made the way for the surgeon an easy one. 1974 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. CXXX. 225 The susceptibility of the newborn mouse to peroral infection with a group B coxsackievirus (B5) was compared with susceptibility to parenteral infection with this agent. |
So peˈrorally adv.
| 1934 in Webster. 1969 Canad. Jrnl. Physiol. & Pharmacol. XLVII. 841/2 The rats were administered water perorally. 1976 Lancet 18 Dec. 1320/1 Jejunal⁓biopsy specimens were taken perorally with the Crosby capsule. |