Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having or resembling drops.
- adjective Spotted as if by drops.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Containing drops or droplike masses, either solid or more or less liquid, often resembling nuclei.
- In botany, spotted, as if by drops of something colored.
- In zoology, having drop-shaped or guttiform spots.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Spotted, as if discolored by drops.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Shaped like, or resembling
drops . - adjective
Spotted .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin guttātus, speckled, from gutta, drop.]
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Examples
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In guttate psoriasis, the second most common form of the disease, the patches are small and shaped like drops of water.
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The genetically transferred condition manifests in five different forms: plaque, inverse, pustular, erythrodermic and guttate.
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There are five types: plaque, guttate, inverse, pustular and erythrodermic.
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Other types include guttate psoriasis, pustular psoriasis erythrodermic psoriasis, nail psoriasis
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