Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

per rectum

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: per rec-tum
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

By or through the rectum, as (usually, more specifically) the rectal route of administration for drugs.

Etymology

From Latin.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Phrases

per-rectal

Synonyms

PR rectally

Questions

What does per rectum mean?: By or through the rectum, as (usually, more specifically) the rectal route of administration for drugs.
Where does per rectum come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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