PER

  1. (initialism) .  (nutrition) protein efficiency ratio.
  2. Preposition.  for each.
  3. Preposition.  to each, in each ((non-gloss definition, used in expressing ratios of units) ).
  4. Preposition.  (medicine) via (the), by (the), through (the) (qualifier, followed by Latin name for an orifice) .
  5. Preposition.  in accordance with.
  6. Pronoun.  (neologism) they (qualifier, singular) . (non-gloss definition, [[gender-neutral) and (term, she) .}}.
  7. Pronoun.  (neologism) them (qualifier, singular) (non-gloss definition, Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, grammatically equivalent to the gendered {{term) and (term, her) .}}.
  8. Adjective.  (neologism) Belonging to per, their (qualifier, singular) . (non-gloss definition, Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with gendered {{term) and (term, her) .}}.

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