peroral

American  

[puh-rawr-uhl, -rohr-] / pəˈrɔr əl, -ˈroʊr- /

adjective

1. administered or performed through the mouth, as surgery or administration of a drug.

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Other Word Forms

• perorally adverb

Etymology

Origin of peroral

First recorded in 1905–10; per- + oral

Example Sentences

Is a peroral endoscopic procedure indicated?

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Frequent peroral passage of the bronchoscope for this purpose is contraindicated only in case of children under 3 years of age, because of the likelihood of provoking subglottic edema.

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Fluoroscopic bronchoscopy, because of its high mortality and low percentage of successes, should be tried only after regular, ocularly guided, peroral bronchoscopy has failed, and only by those who have had experience in ocularly guided bronchoscopy.

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Retrograde esophagoscopy through a gastrostomy wound offers some advantages over peroral treatment; but unless the gastrostomy is high, the procedure is undoubtedly more difficult.

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Before undertaking any of the foregoing procedures, a careful study of the complete descriptions in Peroral Endoscopy is necessary, and a practical course of training is advisable.

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