subcapital
subcapital adjective: beneath the head of a long bone (especially the femur).
Adjective
subcapital (not comparable)
- Beneath the head of a long bone (especially the femur).
- Main experiments were performed using bone marrow obtained from the femoral head at the time of surgery for total hip replacement of seven patients with osteoarthritis (six males and one female. Median age 77 years, range [59–82]) and six healthy donors suffering traumatic subcapital fracture (one...2015 September 10, “Altered Expression of Wnt Signaling Pathway Components in Osteogenesis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Osteoarthritis Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Noun
subcapital (plural subcapitals)
- A secondary or regional capital; the capital of a subdivision.
- In every district there is a “sudder station” or capital, […] In addition to these 224 official subcapitals, there are other large towns at which small European communities may be found, and also a few large military stations where a settlement of civilians is nearly always found in addition to the...1884, J. M. Thoburn, “The Anglo-Saxon Dispersion”, in My Missionary Apprenticeship, New York: Phillips & Hunt, page 408
Forms of subcapital
| plural | subcapitals |
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Origin of subcapital
From sub- + capital.
Questions about subcapital
- What does subcapital mean?
- Subcapital means beneath the head of a long bone (especially the femur).
- What part of speech is subcapital?
- Subcapital can be an adjective or a noun.
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