Medical Term:
butter
Pronunciation: bŭt′ĕr
Definition:
- A coherent mass of milk fat, obtained by churning or shaking cream until the separate fat globules run together, leaving a liquid residue, buttermilk.
- A soft solid having more or less the consistency of butter.
[L. butyrum, G. boutyros, prob. fr. bous, cow, + tyros, cheese]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
