GLABELLA (glabellae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: glabellae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does glabella mean? 

• GLABELLA (noun)
  The noun GLABELLA has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: GLABELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLABELLA (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glabella; mesophyron

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)