capitate

• Adjetivo técnico usado em botânica e anatomia para descrever algo que tem forma de cabeça ou uma estrutura arredondada e dilatada na extremidade.

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.

1. Having a head-like shapeC2formal

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

   Capitado

   • 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.

• Substantivo que designa o osso capitato, o maior osso do carpo humano, caracterizado por uma cabeça arredondada que se articula com o terceiro metacarpo.

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

1. Wrist boneC2formalmedical

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

   Capitatado

   • 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.