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capitulum

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capitulum [kə′pich·ə·ləm]
(biology)
A rounded, knoblike, usually terminal proturberance on a structure.
(botany)
One of the rounded cells on the manubrium in the antheridia of lichens belonging to the Caliciales.


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Microscopic examination of the right ear revealed an atrophic collapse of the posterior tympanic membrane with retraction under the malleus and adherence to an eroded incus and stapes capitulum.
278, [section][section]16-17: "Volo etiam quod dicti libri ponantur in dicto loco et deputentur per capitulum continuo unus vel duo beneficiati qui habeant et teneantur dictos libros custodire die noctuque, sicut fiet in librariis sitis in locis mendicantium Florentie et Bononie, et melius, si potest .
The head of the malleus was used as an interposition graft between the intact tympanic membrane and the stapes capitulum.
 
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