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cap⋅i⋅tate

  [kap-i-teyt]
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–adjective
1. Botany. forming or shaped like a head or dense cluster.
2. Biology. having an enlarged or swollen, headlike termination.
Origin:
1655–65; < L capitātus headed, equiv. to capit- (s. of caput) head + -ātus -ate 1
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cap·i·tate   (kāp'ĭ-tāt')   
adj.  

  1. Anatomy Enlarged and globular at the tip, as a bone of the wrist having a rounded knoblike end.

  2. Botany Forming a headlike mass or dense cluster, as the flowers of plants in the composite family.


[Latin capitātus, having a head, from caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1cap·i·tate
Pronunciation: 'kap-&-"tAt
Function: adjective
: abruptly enlarged and globular

Main Entry: 2capitate
Function: noun
: the largest bone of the wrist that is situated between the hamate and the trapezoid in the distal row of carpal bones andthat articulates with the third metacarpal
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capitate cap·i·tate (kāp'ĭ-tāt')
adj.
Enlarged and globular at the tip, as a bone of the wrist having a rounded, knoblike end.

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capitate   (kāp'ĭ-tāt')  Pronunciation Key 
Noun   The largest of the carpal bones.

Adjective   Forming a headlike mass or dense cluster, as the flowers of plants in the composite family.
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