glabella

American  

[gluh-bel-uh] / gləˈbɛl ə /

noun

Anatomy.

plural

glabellae

1. the flat area of bone between the eyebrows, used as a craniometric point.

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glabella British  

/ ɡləˈbɛlə /

noun

1. anatomy a smooth elevation of the frontal bone just above the bridge of the nose: a reference point in physical anthropology or craniometry

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Other Word Forms

• glabellar adjective

Etymology

Origin of glabella

First recorded in 1820–25; from New Latin, either feminine singular or neuter plural of Latin glabellus “smooth, hairless,” equivalent to glaber “without hair, smooth” + -lus, -la, -lum diminutive adjective and noun suffix

Example Sentences

A streak of thinner hair parts upward closer to the glabella.

From Washington Times

I murmur: "My glabella ..." But the staff doesn't know that the glabella is the name of the space between your eyebrows.

From Literature

Drawing in the forehead in two lines from the frontal eminences to the glabella, where there is a strong outward drawing as if by a magnet.

From Project Gutenberg

The superciliary prominences are well, but not excessively, developed, and are separated by a median depression in the region of the glabella.

From Project Gutenberg

My hand goes up to check my glabella.

From Literature