per vaginam

English

Alternative forms

• per vagina

Etymology

Naturalized into medical English from neoclassical use of Latin in the professions. Exists in loanword form (retaining the Latin inflection, -am) and also in a further naturalized form with reanalysis in English morphology, per vagina = per + vagina, in parallel with other per + [English noun] constructions, such as per instructions or per statute.

Adverb

per vaginam (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Through the vagina, as (usually, more specifically) by the vaginal route of administration.

   Synonyms: (abbreviation) PV, vaginally