English noun: caput |
1. | caput (shape) a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure |
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| Samples | The caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula.
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| Broader (hypernym) | bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling |
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2. | caput (body) the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains |
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| Samples | He stuck his head out the window.
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| Synonyms | head |
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| Broader (hypernym) | external body part |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | human head |
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| Part holonym | arteria basilaris, basilar artery, brain, ear, encephalon, face, human face, muzzle, skull, temple |
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| Part meronym | animal, animate being, beast, body, brute, creature, fauna, organic structure, physical structure |
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