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caput

[key-puht, kap-uht]

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noun, plural ca·pi·ta

[kap-i-tuh] . Anatomy.

any head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.

Origin:
1640–50; < Latin: head

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caput (ˈkeɪpət, ˈkæp-)

—n , pl capita
1.	anatomy a technical name for the head
2.	the main or most prominent part of an organ or structure

[C18: from Latin]

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Word Origin & History

caput

"head," in various senses, from L. caput (see head).

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Medical Dictionary

caput cap·ut (kāp'&oobreve;t, -ət)
n. pl. cap·i·ta (kāp'ĭ-tə)
The head.