Definition of Guttate

1. a. Spotted, as if discolored by drops.

Definition of Guttate

1. Adjective. Shaped like, or resembling drops. ¹

2. Adjective. Spotted. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Guttate

1. resembling a drop [adj]

Medical Definition of Guttate

1. Of the shape of, or resembling, a drop, characterizing certain cutaneous lesions. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guttate

gutsinesses
gutsing
gutsing out
gutsy
gutta
gutta-percha
gutta-percha cone
gutta-percha points
gutta-percha tree
gutta-perchas
gutta balata
gutta serena
guttae
guttas
guttat
guttate (current term)
guttate choroidopathy
guttated
guttates
guttating
guttation
guttations
gutted
gutter ball
gutter dystrophy of cornea
gutter fracture
gutter out
gutter press

Literary usage of Guttate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Handbook of the diseases of the eye and their treatment by Henry Rosborough Swanzy (1897)
"Of the exudative form, again, there are several kinds, namely: disseminated choroiditis, central choroiditis, central senile choroiditis, guttate ..."

2. An Introduction to the study of diseases of the skin by Philip Henry Pye-Smith (1893)
"Frequency—Name—Anatomy and histology—Course — Symptoms —Distribution—Etiology—Varieties: guttate form, inveterate form—Relation to pityriasis rubra, ..."

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