per vaginam

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per vaginam

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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 vagina

not comparable Through the vagina, as (usually, more specifically) by the vaginal route of administration.
Similar: PV, vaginally

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@misc{per_vaginam_2026,
  title = {per vaginam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/per%20vaginam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}