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Meaning of GUTTA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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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Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: This Latin term, which is frequently used in medicine and pharmacy, means "a drop".
 

 

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