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Definition of Capitate
1. Noun. The wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus.
2. Adjective. Being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip.
Definition of Capitate
1. a. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.
Definition of Capitate
1. head-shaped [adj]
Medical Definition of Capitate
1. Enlarged or swollen at tip, gathered into a mass at apex, as compound stigma, a knoblike stigma terminating a style. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Capitate
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