glabella (redirected from glabellar)

glabella /gla·bel·la/ (glah-bel´ah) the area on the frontal bone above the nasion and between the eyebrows.

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gla·bel·la (gl-bl)

n. pl. gla·bel·lae (-bl)

1. The smooth area between the eyebrows just above the nose.

2. The most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline of the supraorbital ridges. Also called mesophryon.

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glabella

[gləbəl′ə]

Etymology: L, glabrum, bald

a flat triangular area of bone between the two superciliary ridges of the forehead. It is sometimes used as a baseline for cephalometric measurements.

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glabella (glbel´),

n the smooth, elevated area on the frontal bone between the supraorbital ridges; the most anterior point on the frontal bone.

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glabella

1. A prominent area of the frontal bone situated above the root of the nose. 2. The skin between the eyebrows, which is usually hairless. Syn. intercilium.