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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin guttātim.
Pronunciation
Adverb
guttatim (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Drop by drop; one drop at a time.
- Synonyms: dropmeal, dropwise
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.
Latin
Etymology
From gutta (“drop”) + -ātim.
Pronunciation
Adverb
guttātim (not comparable)
- dropwise, drop by drop
Descendants