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GLABELLA
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Irregular inflected form: glabellae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
glabella; mesophyron
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("glabella" is a kind of...):
craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)
Holonyms ("glabella" is a part of...):
forehead; frontal bone; os frontale (the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits)
Derivation:
glabellar (of or relating to the glabella)
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