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gut·ta       [guht-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural gut·tae       [guht-ee] Pronunciation Key.
1.a drop, or something resembling one.
2.Also called drop. Architecture. one of a series of pendent ornaments, generally in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the undersides of the mutules of the Doric entablature.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME goute, gutta < L gutta a drop]
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gut·ta       (gŭt'ə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. gut·tae (gŭt'ē')
  1. Architecture One of a series of small ornaments in the shape of truncated cones used on a Doric entablature.
  2. Abbr. gt. Pharmacology A drop, as of liquid medicine.


[Middle English, from Latin, drop.]

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gutta gut·ta (gŭt'ə)
n. pl. gut·tae (gŭt'ē')
Abbr. gt
A drop, as of liquid medicine.

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Gutta

Gut"ta\, n.; pl. Gutt[AE]. [L.]

1. A drop.

2. (Arch.) One of a series of ornaments, in the form of a frustum of a cone, attached to the lower part of the triglyphs, and also to the lower faces of the mutules, in the Doric order; -- called also campana, and drop.

Gutta serena [L., lit. serene or clear drop] (Med.), amaurosis.

Gutt[ae] band> (Arch.), the listel or band from which the gutt[ae] hang.

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