capitate (redirected from capitate bones)

cap·i·tate  (kp-tt)

adj.

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

2. Botany Forming a headlike mass or dense cluster, as the flowers of plants in the composite family.

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[Latin capittus, having a head, from caput, capit-, head; see kaput- in Indo-European roots.]

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capitate  (kp-tt)

Noun

The largest of the carpal bones.

Adjective

Forming a headlike mass or dense cluster, as the flowers of plants in the composite family.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	capitate - the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus capitate bone, os capitatum carpal, carpal bone, wrist bone - any of the eight small bones of the wrist of primates
Adj.	1.	capitate - being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms circular, round - having a circular shape