caput Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. 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
  2. noun the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains
    head.
    • he stuck his head out the window

WordNet

Ca"put noun
Etymology
L., the head.
Wordforms
plural Capita
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
  2. The top or superior part of a thing.
  3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
    Your caputs and heads of colleges. Lamb.

Webster 1913