Definition of "caput" in Anglais

noun

1. (anatomy) The head.

2. (anatomy) A knob-like protuberance or capitulum.

3. The top or superior part of a thing.

4. (UK) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

5. (medicine, colloquial) Ellipsis of caput succedaneum.