caput

Other forms: capita

Definitions of caput

1. noun

   the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
   synonyms: head

   types:

   human head

   the head of a human being

   bullethead

   a head shaped like a bullet

   attic, bean, bonce, dome, noggin, noodle

   an informal term for a human head

   type of:

   external body part

   any body part visible externally
2. 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”

   type 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