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Caput


~ CAPUT   id+ | MAIN | see> CAPIT~
          see> CAPITAL
          lat CAPUT CENAE = MAIN DISH
          sp  CENA = DINNER
~ CAPUT~  id+ | HEAD LIKE |
          med> CAPUT MEDUSA describes
  VENOUS DILATATIONS REMINISCENT OF SNAKES
  SURROUNDING THE UMBILICUS      A SIGN OF
  LIVER FIBROSIS OR CIRRHOSIS OFTEN DUE TO
  CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM
  hx> CAPUT MORUUM or DEATH MASK was often
      MADE FROM FAMOUS PEOPLE
  biol> CAPUT LONGUM as in BICEPTS MUSCLE  

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