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The meaning of the word "Capitate" in English


Capitate a. : Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

Capitate a. : Having the flowers gathered into a head.

Example:
how long to heal a Capitate Fracture?

Taxonomy
capitate bone, Bones, left hand, free encyclopedia, Os capitatum, neck, articulation, dorsal surface, facet, distal, hamate, wrist, portion, body, volar surface, ligaments, lesser multangular, interosseous ligament.

Defination from the web:
capitate articulates with seven bones: the scaphoid and lunate proximally, the second metacarpal, third metacarpal, and ... carpus: scaphoid – lunate – triquetral – pisiform – trapezium – trapezoid – capitate – hamate (hamulus) metacarpus: 1st metacarpal – 2nd – 3rd – 4th – 5th ... 

synonyms
  (noun) capitate bone
  (noun) os capitatum
  (noun) carpal
  (noun) carpal bone
  (noun) wrist bone
similar terms
  (adjective) circular
  (adjective) round


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