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noun, plural gla·bel·lae [gluh–bel-ee] /gləˈbɛl i/. Anatomy.
- the flat area of bone between the eyebrows, used as a craniometric point.
noun, plural gla·bel·la [gluh–bel–uh] /gləˈbɛl ə/.
noun plural -lae (-liː)
- anatomy a smooth elevation of the frontal bone just above the bridge of the nose: a reference point in physical anthropology or craniometry
“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).
n. pl. gla•bel•lae (-bĕl′ē)
- The smooth area between the eyebrows just above the nose.
- The most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline of the supraorbital ridges.mesophryon