capitate

A technical adjective used in botany and anatomy to describe something that has a head-like shape or a knob-like structure at the tip.

• 🇩🇪Fachsprachliches Adjektiv, das in Botanik und Anatomie etwas beschreibt, das eine kopfförmige oder keulenförmige Gestalt hat oder am Ende verdickt ist.

1. Having a head-like shape C2 formal

   Describes a structure that is abruptly enlarged and rounded at the tip, resembling a head.

   • The capitate bone is located in the wrist.
   • The plant's stem ends in a capitate inflorescence.
   • The fungus has capitate hyphae with swollen tips.

   🇩🇪Köpfchenförmig

• more capitate comparative form
• most capitate superlative form

A noun referring to the largest carpal bone in the human wrist, characterized by its rounded head, which articulates with the third metacarpal bone.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das das größte Handwurzelknochen des Menschen bezeichnet; er hat einen kugeligen Kopf, der mit dem dritten Mittelhandknochen gelenkig verbunden ist.

1. Wrist bone C2 formal medical

   The largest carpal bone in the human wrist, having a rounded head that articulates with the third metacarpal bone.

   • The capitate is located in the distal row of carpal bones.
   • A fracture of the capitate can cause wrist pain and limited movement.
   • The capitate articulates with the lunate, scaphoid, and trapezoid bones.

   🇩🇪Kopfbein

• capitates plural form
• capitates' possessive plural form
• capitate's possessive singular form