- head [Caput]
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head [Caput]
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caput — /kaepat/ A head; the head of a person; the whole person; the life of a person; one s personality; status; civil condition. At common law, a head. @ caput comitatis the head of the county; the sheriff; the king. A person; a life. The upper part of … Black's law dictionary
caput — /kaepat/ A head; the head of a person; the whole person; the life of a person; one s personality; status; civil condition. At common law, a head. @ caput comitatis the head of the county; the sheriff; the king. A person; a life. The upper part of … Black's law dictionary
caput femoris — [TA] head of femur: the proximal end of the femur, articulating with the acetabulum on the os coxae. Called also femoral head. Caput femoris (head of femur) in posterior (A); lateral (B); and superior (C) views of the femur … Medical dictionary
head — [OE] The word head can be traced back ultimately to Indo European *kauput , *kaupet , which probably had connotations of ‘bowl’ (as in ‘skull’) as well as ‘head’, although which came first is not clear. From it was descended prehistoric Germanic… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
head — [OE] The word head can be traced back ultimately to Indo European *kauput , *kaupet , which probably had connotations of ‘bowl’ (as in ‘skull’) as well as ‘head’, although which came first is not clear. From it was descended prehistoric Germanic… … Word origins
Caput mortuum — is a Latin term whose literal meaning is dead head or worthless remains [cite book | last = Stone | first = Jon R. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations | publisher = Routledge | date = 2005 |… … Wikipedia
Caput — Ca put (k[=a] p[u^]t), n.; pl. {Capita} (k[a^]p [i^]*t[.a]). [L., the head.] 1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum. [1913 Webster] 2. The top or superior part of a thing. [1913 Webster] 3. (Eng.) The council or ruling… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Caput mortuum — Caput Ca put (k[=a] p[u^]t), n.; pl. {Capita} (k[a^]p [i^]*t[.a]). [L., the head.] 1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum. [1913 Webster] 2. The top or superior part of a thing. [1913 Webster] 3. (Eng.) The council or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
caput — head, in various senses, from L. caput (see HEAD (Cf. head)) … Etymology dictionary
Caput succedaneum — is a neonatal condition involving a serosanguinous, subcutaneous, extraperiosteal fluid collection with poorly defined margins caused by the pressure of the presenting part of the scalp against the dilating cervix [tourniquet effect of the… … Wikipedia
Caput Mundi — is a Latin phrase taken to mean capital of the world . (literally: head of the world ,[1] see capital, capitol). It originates out of a classical European understanding of the known world: Southern Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia.… … Wikipedia
