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Meaning of GLABELLA

Pronunciation:  glu'belu

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  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
 
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 Synonyms: mesophyron
 
 See Also: craniometric point, forehead, frontal bone, os frontale

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gla*bel"la\, n.; pl. {Glabell?}. [NL., fr. L.
glabellus hairless, fr. glaber bald.] (Anat.)
The space between the eyebrows, also including the
corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. --
{Gla*bel"lar}, a.
 
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