Look up: Caput

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   caput
   Latin, meaning: capitis head / top, summit / chief.
   Found on http://archives.nd.edu/ccc.htm
   
   
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   caput
   [n] - a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
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   Caput
   Ca'put (kā'pŭt) noun ; plural Capita (kăp'ĭ*tȧ). [ Latin , the head.] 1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum. 2. The top or superior part of a thing. 3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. « Your caputs an ...
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   caput
   1. The upper or anterior extremity of the animal body, containing the brain and the organs of sight, hearing, taste, and smell. ... 2. The upper, anterior, or larger extremity, expanded or rounded, of any body, organ, or other anatomical structure. ... 3. The rounded extremity of a bone. ... 4. That end of a muscle which is attached to the less movabl ...
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   caput
   noun 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`
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   Caput
   The Latin root `caput`, for `head` or `top`, has been borrowed in a variety of English words, including `capital`, `captain`, and `decapitate`. The name `Caputo`, common in the Campania region of Italy, comes from the title used by some Roman military generals, and a variant form has surfaced more recently in the title `Capo` ( or `Caporegime`), the head of `La Cosa Nostra`. French converted caput into `chief`, `chef` , and `chapitre`, later borr...
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   caput
   (kap´әt) pl. cap´ita Latin word meaning head. In anatomy, it is used for the expanded or chief extremity of an organ or part caput medusae the dilated cutaneous veins around the umbilicus, seen mainly in the newborn and in patients suffering from cirrhosis. caput succe...
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   Caput
   • (n.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum. • (n.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. • (n.) The top or superior part of a thing.
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   caput
   caput Head. The Latin or Romance languages often adopted Roman camp slang instead of the correct Latin word. Caput was 'head' in Latin, but the Roman legionaries used testa, a round cooking pot, jokingly for 'head'. This ancient slang migrated into French as tete and into Italian as testa. The correct Latin word for 'head' (caput) survives as capo in...
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    caput
    [TA] Syn: head [L.]
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    caput
    feudal term for the administrative center of a lordship
    Found on http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle
    
    
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    caput
    
    1. a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure
    2. the upper or front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
    
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