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The most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges
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glabella
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Glabella is a genus of small tropical and warm-water sea snails , marine gastropod molluscs in the family Marginellidae , the margin snails.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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 [syn: mesophyron ] [also: glabellae (pl)]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"space between the eyebrows," 1590s, Modern Latin, properly fem. of adj. glabellus "without hair, smooth," diminutive of glaber "smooth, bald," from PIE *gladh- "smooth" (see glad ).
Usage examples of glabella.
With dissecting scissors he undermined the septum along its sides and up over the bones as far as the glabella, at the top of the nose.