capita

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caput

  1. The head.
  2. 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. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis) Ellipsis of caput succedaneum.

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Etymology

From the Latin capita, plural of caput.

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