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

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