gutta








noun, plural gut·tae [guht-ee] /ˈgʌt i/.

  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.

noun plural -tae (-tiː)

  1. architect one of a set of small droplike ornaments, esp as used on the architrave of a Doric entablature
  2. med (formerly used in writing prescriptions) a technical name for drop (def. 2) Abbreviation: gt

n. pl. gut•tae (gŭtē′)

  1. A drop, as of liquid medicine.
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