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ca•put
(kā′pət, kap′ət),USA pronunciation n., pl. ca•pi•ta (kap′i tə).USA pronunciation [Anat.]
- Anatomyany head or headlike expansion on a structure, as on a bone.
- Latin: head
- 1640–50
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