Meaning of CAPITATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kapi`teyt
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- [n] the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metatarsal
- [adj] (biology) being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip
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| | Synonyms: | | capitate bone, circular, os capitatum, round |
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| | See Also: | | carpal, carpal bone, wrist bone | |
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| | Definition: | | \Cap"i*tate\, a. [L. capitatus fr. caput head.]
1. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and
rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.
2. (Bot.) Having the flowers gathered into a head.
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- Of an inflorescence, with the flowers unstalked and aggregated into a dense cluster; of a stigma, globose, like the head of a pin.
- Enlarged or swollen at tip, gathered into a mass at apex, as compound stigma; a knoblike stigma terminating a style.
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