Medical Dictionary
1cap
noun, often attrib \ˈkap\
Medical Definition of CAP
2
: something that serves as a cover or protection especially for a tip, knob, or end (as of a tooth)
3
British : cervical cap
4
: a cluster of molecules or chemical groups bound to one end or a region of a cell, virus, or molecule <the cell surface receptors were redistributed into caps>
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