Glabella
/ɡləˈbɛlə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The space between the eyebrows and above the nose.
- 2 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 wordnet
- 3 The axial protuberance on the cephalon of certain arthropods (especially trilobites).
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"The space between the eyebrows is called the glabella."
Etymology
From Latin glaber (“smooth, hairless, bald”).