| capitate bone | Enlarged or swollen at tip, gathered into a mass at apex, as compound stigma, a knoblike stigma terminating a style. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| capitation | In U.S. Health services, capitation refers to a fixed per capita amount that is paid to a hospital, clinic or doctor for each person served. (12 Dec 1998) |
| capitation fee | A method of payment for health services in which an individual or institutional provider is paid a fixed, per capita amount without regard to the actual number or nature of services provided to each patient. (12 Dec 1998) |
| capitellate | Shaped like, or aggregated into, a very small head. (09 Oct 1997) |
| capitellum | Synonym: capitulum. Synonym: capitulum of humerus. Origin: L. Dim. Of caput, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| capitium | An obsolete term for bandage for the head. Origin: L. Caput, head (05 Mar 2000) |
| capitonnage | Rarely used term for closure of a cyst cavity by use of sutures. Origin: Fr. Upholstering (05 Mar 2000) |
| capitopedal | Relating to the head and the feet. Origin: L. Caput, head, + pes (ped-), foot (05 Mar 2000) |
| capitula | Plural of capitulum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capitular | Relating to a capitulum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capitular joint | The synovial joint between a rib and bodies of two adjacent vertebrae; the joint cavity is divided by an intra-articular ligament which attaches to the intervertebral disk; the first, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth ribs articulate with only one vertebra. Synonym: articulatio capitis costae, capitular joint. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capitulum | A dense cluster of stalkless flowers. (09 Oct 1997) |
| capitulum humeri | The small rounded eminence on the lateral half of the distal end of the humerus for articulation with the radius. Synonym: capitulum humeri, capitellum, little head of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| capitulum of humerus | The small rounded eminence on the lateral half of the distal end of the humerus for articulation with the radius. Synonym: capitulum humeri, capitellum, little head of humerus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Caplan | Anthony, British physician, 1907-1976. See: Caplan's nodules, Caplan's syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |