caputnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkæp.ʌt/us/ˈkeɪ.pət/plural capita specializeda Latin word meaning "head", used in the names of head-shaped parts on organs or structures in the body
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Substances & structures in the body
- abductor
- accessorius
- adductor
- agonist
- alveolus
- amyloid
- atheroma
- caecum
- gyrus
- hallucis
- hilum
- hilus
- hormonal
- lymph vessel
- periosteum
- peritoneal
- peritoneum
- phosphatase
- platysma
- vitreous humour
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Examples from literature
- Black pads were hugged to his ears by a steel strip that curved behind his head, and he wore a hard hat that seemed merely to perch insecurely on his caput instead of fit.