English

Alternative forms

• per orum

Adverb

per orem

1. (US, medicine) Alternative form of per os via the mouth; orally.

Usage notes

• Typically occurring in nihil per orem ‎(“nothing by mouth”). The declined form is erroneous.^[1] Proper Latin would be per os. It is also sometimes seen in another ungrammatical Latin form per orum.^[1]

Anagrams

• emperor

References

1. 1 2 Klonk M. "Per orem" out of place in medical literature. The Medical World. 1911;29(1):296.