caput

Plural: capita, caputs

Noun

• The head, or a head-like part of an organ or structure.
• a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
  • "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula"
• the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
• The head.
• A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
• The top or superior part of a thing.
• The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
• Ellipsis of caput succedaneum.

Examples

• The dictionary listed CAPUT with its irregular plural, a word game player’s delight.

Synonyms

head

Related Words

capite, capote, caput mortuum