A common name for the intestine.
Guthrie test A blood test performed routinely on a heel-prick blood sample taken from babies between the 8th and 14th day after birth to check for the inherited disorder phenylketonuria.
n. 1. see intestine. 2. see catgut.
(heel-prick blood test) a blood test performed on all newborn babies at the end of the first week of life. The blood is obtained by pricking the heel of the baby. The test can detect several *inborn errors of metabolism (including *phenylketonuria) and *hypothyroidism; it can also be used for detecting *cystic fibrosis, although this is not routinely offered. [R. Guthrie (1916–95), US paediatrician]... guthrie test
n. a tough plastic substance derived from the latex of several Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family. It is hard at room temperature but becomes soft and plastic when heated. On cooling, gutta-percha will retain any shape imparted to it when hot. It is used in dentistry in the form of gutta-percha points as the principal core of *root fillings.... gutta-percha
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