capitate
/ˈkæpɪteɪt/
adjective
- Having a head-like shape; forming a rounded, knob-like structure at the tip.
- Some plants have capitate inflorescences, with flowers clustered into a head.
- The capitate bone is one of the small bones in the human wrist.
- The microscope revealed capitate hairs on the surface of the leaf.
noun
- A bone in the human wrist, located at the center of the carpal bones.
- The capitate is the largest carpal bone in the wrist.
- The doctor pointed to the capitate on the X-ray image.
- He fractured his capitate while falling on his outstretched hand.