Caput

[keipәt]

(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'.

Typist: Nicholas--From WordNet

(n.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

(n.) The top or superior part of a thing.

(n.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

Inputed by Hahn

n. a head.—Caput mortuum the residuum after distillation: worthless residue.

Checker: Susie