guttatim en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ɡʌˈteɪtɪm/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin guttātim.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Drop by drop; one drop at a time.
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.
1910, Charles Lyman Greene, Medical diagnosis, page 355:It used to come on in a gush also guttatim.
1882 January 2, Brojendro Nath Banerjee, “Two cases of hydrorrhoea gravidorum”, in The Indian Medical Gazette, page 15: