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noun the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus
adjective being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip
originFrom Latin capitātus (“having a head”), from caput (“head”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). The noun comes from the clipping of capitate bone.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0