What Does Orally Mean?

Oral administration is a route of administration where a substance is taken through the mouth. Per os abbreviated to P.O. is sometimes used as a direction for medication to be taken orally.

What does it mean to take orally?

The most common way people take medications is orally (by mouth). ... Medications that you swallow travel from your stomach or intestine into your bloodstream and then are carried to all parts of your body. This process is known as absorption.

What is another word for orally?

In this page you can discover 10 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for orally, like: verbally, by word of mouth, spoken, oral, literally, personally, rectally, intravenously, not written and parenterally.