Associations to the word «Caput»

Wiktionary

CAPUT, noun. (anatomy) The head.
CAPUT, noun. (anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.
CAPUT, noun. The top or superior part of a thing.
CAPUT, noun. (UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
CAPUT MORTUUM, noun. Worthless residue, useless substance
CAPUT MORTUUM, noun. Cardinal purple, a variety of haematite iron oxide pigment
CAPUT SUCCEDANEUM, noun. 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 during delivery.

Dictionary definition

CAPUT, noun. A headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula".
CAPUT, noun. The upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King