guttula

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noun

A droplet.

OriginLatin guttula →
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Meanings

nounguttula (plural guttulae)

plural guttulae

  1. formalA droplet.

    The sputa, during pneumonorrhagia and peripneumony, is often yellow also, not from bile, but from the guttulæ of blood; […]

    1822, The Quarterly Journal of Foreign and British Medicine and Surgery, volume 4, page 341

Origin

  1. Latinguttula
  2. Englishguttula

Borrowed from Latin guttula.

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APA

guttula. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guttula

MLA

“guttula.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guttula. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guttula,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guttula.

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