caput (redirected from cirsomphalos)

caput [ˈkeɪpət ˈkæp-]

n pl capita [ˈkæpɪtə]

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Anatomy a technical name for the head

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the main or most prominent part of an organ or structure

[from Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	caput - 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" excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence - something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings; "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"
	2.	caput - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" head animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement muzzle - forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose body, organic structure, physical structure - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being); "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" external body part - any body part visible externally ear - the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium arteria basilaris, basilar artery - an unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear brain, encephalon - that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord human head - the head of a human being skull - the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" temple - the flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed"