guttatim
English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin guttātim.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʌˈteɪtɪm/
Adverb
guttatim (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Drop by drop; one drop at a time.
- 1882 January 2, Brojendro Nath Banerjee, “Two cases of hydrorrhoea gravidorum”, in The Indian Medical Gazette, page 15:
- It used to come on in a gush also guttatim.
- 1910, Charles Lyman Greene, Medical diagnosis, page 355:
- Boil a few c.c. of the solution gently in a test-tube, add guttatim 6–8 drops of the urine, boil gently for a moment only.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡʊtˈtaː.tĩː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡut̪ˈt̪aː.t̪im]
Adverb
guttātim (not comparable)
Descendants
- → English: guttatim (learned)