caput
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈkæpət/
Noun

caput (plural caputs)

  1. (anatomy) The head.
  2. (anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
  3. The top or superior part of a thing.
  4. (UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
    • Your caputs and heads of colleges.
  5. (medicine, colloquial) Short for caput succedaneum#English|caput succedaneum.
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