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Answer for the clue "The most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges ", 8 letters:
glabella

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Glabella may refer to: Glabella , the space between the eyebrows and above the nose in human anatomy Glabella (gastropod) , a sea snail genus in the family Marginellidae

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context anatomy English) The space between the eyebrows and the nose. 2 (context zoology English) The axial protuberance on the cephalon of certain arthropods (especially trilobites)

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.