gutta noun¹. ['gʌtǝ] Pl. -ttae [-ti:]. LME.
[Latin = drop. Cf. GOUT noun¹.]
1. Gum; gum resin, esp. gamboge. LME-E18.

2. Architecture. Each of a row of usu. conical projections resembling drops underneath the triglyph (and sometimes the mutule) of a Doric capital. M16.

3. Pharmacology & Medicine. A drop of liquid. Now rare or obsolete. M16.

4. A roundish coloured dot on an insect's wing, esp. one of a light colour. E19.

Comb.:
gutta rosacea, gutta rosea acne rosacea; gutta serena = AMAUROSIS.

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gutta noun². ['gʌtǝ] M19.
[Malay getah: see GUTTA-PERCHA.]
1. = GUTTA-PERCHA. M19.

2. A gutta-percha golf ball. Cf. GUTTY noun. M19.

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