Definition of Glabella

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Mesophyron
Generic synonyms: Craniometric Point
Group relationships: Forehead, Frontal Bone, Os Frontale
Derivative terms: Glabellar

Definition of Glabella

1. n. The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon.

Definition of Glabella

1. Noun. (anatomy) The space between the eyebrows and the nose. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glabella

1. the smooth area between the eyebrows [n -BELLAE]

Medical Definition of Glabella

1. Origin: NL, fr. L. Glabellus hairless, fr. Glaber bald. The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. Glabel"lar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glabella

gizmo
gizmos
gizz
gizzard
gizzards
gizzen
gizzened
gizzening
gizzens
gizzes
gizzing
gjetost
gjetosts
gju
gjus
glabella (current term)
glabellad
glabellae
glabellar
glabellas
glabellum
glabrate
glabrescent
glabrity
glabrous
glabrous skin
glacading
glace
glace de viande
glaceed

Literary usage of Glabella

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"G. Schwalbe has recently used the glabella-inion line (glabella, the central point between the arches of the eyebrows; inion, the protuberance of the ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1864)
"glabella elongate-paraboloid, tuber- culated. In the middle of the posterior border of the glabella is a pair of tubercles, and in front of these a second ..."

3. Principles of surgery by Nicholas Senn (1895)
"The broadest, transverse strip passes coronally around the forehead, corresponding with the glabella and external angular process; the narrower, ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"from the glabella backward irregularly to the occiput, which it divides ... The greatest length from the glabella to the posterior projection of the occiput ..."

5. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1898)
"The glabella in this the adult size is broader, and heads with glabellar furrows, ... glabella somewhat broader than long ; furrows faint or obsolete. ..."

6. Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1873)
"Entire length of cephalic shield, 0.4? inch ; breadth of cephalic shield, unknown; length of glabella, including neck segment, 0.31 inch; ..."

7. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio by Geological Survey of Ohio (1893)
"A little anterior to the middle of the glabella lies the middle, much shorter pair of furrows, ... A strong narrow furrow defines the glabella anteriorly, ..."

8. Palæozoic Fossils by Geological Survey of Canada, Elkanah Billings, Joseph Frederick Whiteaves (1865)
"The eyes appear to be small, and situated on a line drawn across the glabella, a little behind the anterior third. They are distant from the dorsal furrow ..."

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