See Also: capitate(medicine)
capitate(dictionary)
capitate bone(medicine)

capitate (iou)



capitate adjective. M17.
[Latin capitatus, from caput, capit- head: see -ATE2.]
Chiefly Anatomy. Having a distinct head, knob-headed; spec. denoting the largest bone of the wrist. M17.
Botany. Having the inflorescence in a close terminal cluster. L17.
Also capitated adjective (now rare or obsolete) L17.