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Definition of: caput
(kā′pət, kap′ət) noun plural cap·i·ta (kap′ə·tə)
1. The head; also, any rounded extremity of an organ; top.
2. Law The person; a citizen; one holding civil rights; the status of a citizen before the law.
3. The former governing council of Cambridge University in England. [<L, head]
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