glabella

glabella
1. A smooth prominence, most marked in the male, on the frontal bone above the root of the nose. 2. The most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges. SYN: mesophryon. SEE ALSO: antinion. SYN: intercilium. [L. glabellus, hairless, smooth, dim. of glaber]

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gla·bel·la glə-'bel-ə n, pl -bel·lae -'bel-(.)ē, -.ī the smooth prominence between the eyebrows called also mesophryon
gla·bel·lar -'bel-ər adj

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n.
the smooth rounded surface of the frontal bone in the middle of the forehead, between the two eyebrows.

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gla·bel·la (glə-belґə) [L. glabellus smooth, dim. of glaber] 1. [TA] a craniometric landmark, being the most prominent point in the median plane between the superciliary arches. 2. more broadly, the smooth area on the frontal bone between the superciliary arches.


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  • Glabella — Gla*bel la, n.; pl. {Glabell[ae]}. [NL., fr. L. glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald.] (Anat.) The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. {Gla*bel lar}, a. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Glabella — (neulat.), Stirnglatze, die haarlose Stelle zwischen den Augenbrauen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • glabella — space between the eyebrows, 1590s, Modern Latin, properly fem. of adj. glabellus without hair, smooth, dim. of glaber smooth, bald, from PIE *gladh smooth (see GLAD (Cf. glad)) …   Etymology dictionary

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