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Noun

1. 1
   The space between the eyebrows and above the nose.
2. 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. 3
   The axial protuberance on the cephalon of certain arthropods (especially trilobites).

Synonyms

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mesophryonmesophryonmesophyron

Example

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"The space between the eyebrows is called the glabella."

Etymology

From Latin glaber (“smooth, hairless, bald”).

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