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capitate /cap·i·tate/ (kap´ĭ-tāt) head-shaped.

cap·i·tate (k

-t

)

adj.

Enlarged and globular at the tip, as a bone of the wrist having a rounded, knoblike end.

capitate

[kap′itāt]

having the shape of a head.

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