CAPUT (capita)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: capita   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does caput mean? 

• CAPUT (noun)
  The noun CAPUT has 2 senses:

1. a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure

2. the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

  Familiarity information: CAPUT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A headlike protuberance on an organ or structure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Context example:

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

Hypernyms ("caput" is a kind of...):

bulge; bump; excrescence; extrusion; gibbosity; gibbousness; hump; jut; prominence; protrusion; protuberance; swelling (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

caput; head

Context example:

he stuck his head out the window

Hypernyms ("caput" is a kind of...):

external body part (any body part visible externally)

Meronyms (parts of "caput"):

muzzle (forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose)

ear (the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium)

arteria basilaris; basilar artery (an unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear)

brain; encephalon (that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord)

skull (the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates)

face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)

temple (the flat area on either side of the forehead)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caput"):

human head (the head of a human being)

Holonyms ("caput" is a part of...):

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

body; organic structure (the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being))

 Context examples 

Fee-for-service plans contrast with salary, per capita, and prepayment systems, where the payment does not change with the number of services actually used or if none are used.

(Fee for Service Payment Method, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Limiting meat consumption and user-fee strategies may not work in countries with very low per capita meat consumption like Indonesia.

(Eat less meat to cut drug resistance, SciDev.Net)

Limiting per capita meat intake to 40 grams/person/day could result in reduction of antimicrobial use in animal farms by 66 per cent, while enforcing caps on antibiotic usage could result in a 64 per cent reduction.

(Eat less meat to cut drug resistance, SciDev.Net)