Capitate Definition
kăpĭ-tāt
adjective
Enlarged at the head or tip.
Webster's New World
Enlarged and globular at the tip, as a bone of the wrist having a rounded knoblike end or the stigma of certain flowers.
American Heritage
Head-shaped, as some flowers.
Webster's New World
Having flowers arranged in a dense headlike cluster.
American Heritage
noun
The largest of the carpal bones.
American Heritage Science
Synonyms:
- os capitatum
- capitate-bone
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verb
(US, health care) To pay health-care providers using a capitation system.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Capitate
Noun
Singular:
capitate
Plural:
capitates
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