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glabella
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun glabella has 1 sense
- glabella(n = noun.body) mesophyron - a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges; Array is a kind of craniometric point
is a part of forehead, frontal bone, os frontale
Derived form adjective glabellar1
CIDE DICTIONARY
glabella, n. [NL., fr. L. glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald.].
The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
glabella, n. (pl. glabellae) the smooth part of the forehead above and between the eyebrows.
Derivative
glabellar adj.
Etymology
mod.L f. L glabellus (adj.) dimin. of glaber smooth
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