Capitellum
noun (pl) -la (-lə)
(anatomy) an enlarged knoblike structure at the end of a bone that forms an articulation with another bone; capitulum
Historical Examples
The Origin of Vertebrates Walter Holbrook Gaskell
Gilbertus Anglicus Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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