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Type Words
Synonyms head
Type of external body part
Has types human head
Type Words
Type of protrusion, extrusion, swelling, hump, gibbosity, gibbousness, prominence, excrescence, bulge, bump, jut, protuberance


the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula.

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Often, an intermediate dish was served before the real caput cenae which was the dinner.
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Colours include black, ochre, caput mortuum, and cinnabar which has now faded to verdigris.
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Ayton Castle, Scottish Borders, caput of the feudal barony of Ayton.
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I like their chances of finally winning a division, but I liked them last year, and they went caput.
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Caput first discovered p73 serendipitously while pursuing research into growth factors called cytokines.
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The individual who owned the said piece of land containing the caput was hence the Baron or Baroness.
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The singular is per caput.
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Wakefield and its environs formed the caput of an extensive baronial holding by the Warennes that extended to Cheshire and Lancashire.
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Spermatozoa formed in the testis enter the caput epididymis, progress to the corpus, and finally reach the cauda region, where they are stored.
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  • 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"
  • Head: the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window"
  • The Latin root caput, for "head" or "top", has been borrowed in a variety of English words, including capital, captain, and decapitate. ...
  • A severe swelling of the soft tissues of the baby's scalp that develops as the baby travels through the birth canal.
  • (pl. capita, adj. capitate) (Erdtman, 1952)
  • An exotic option. It represents a call option on a put option. That is, you purchase the option to buy a put option at a particular price on or before the expiration date.
  • Latin = head. Capitis - of a head, adjective - capitate = having a head (cf. decapitate).
  • [Latin, head] the primary seat or manor of a lord
  • Or Ground: The basis for a petition of nullity.