scrotally

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English

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Etymology

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From scrotal +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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scrotally (not comparable)

  1. (chiefly medicine) With respect to, or via, the scrotum.
    • 1999, Carrie J. Bagatell, William J. Bremmer, “Androgen and Estrogen Effects on Plasma Lipids in Men”, in Leonard Share, editor, Hormones and the Heart in Health and Disease (Contemporary Endocrinology; 21), Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, →ISBN, page 237:
      In the past few years, T patches have also been released for prescription usage. Both scrotally applied and nonscrotally applied vehicles are available. These forms of delivery offer more constant T levels and avoid the inconvenience of im injection.
    • 2006, David Yeadon, Seasons on Harris: A Year in Scotland's Outer Hebrides, New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, page 103:
      “Shoot!” came a third exclamation. From me actually. Not only had I collided scrotally with a particular hard and rigid bit of deck furniture but my bucket of precious octopi had just been flipped over and the delicious little darlings were off spinning overboard in furious spumes of spray.