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gla⋅bel⋅la

  [gluh-bel-uh]
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–noun, plural -bel⋅lae  [-bel-ee] . Anatomy.
the flat area of bone between the eyebrows, used as a craniometric point.
Origin:
1590–1600; < NL, fem. of L glabellus smooth, hairless, equiv. to glaber without hair, smooth + -lus dim. suffix; cf. castellum

Related forms:
gla⋅bel⋅lar, adjective
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gla·bel·la   (glə-běl'ə)   
n.   pl. gla·bel·lae (-běl'ē)
The smooth area between the eyebrows just above the nose.

[New Latin, from feminine of Latin glabellus, hairless, diminutive of glaber.]
gla·bel'lar adj.
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Word Origin & History

glabella 
"space between the eyebrows," 1598, Mod.L., lit. fem. of adj. glabellus "without hair, smooth," dim. of glaber "smooth, bald," cognate with O.E. glæd "bright, shining, joyous" (see glad).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: gla·bel·la
Pronunciation: gl&-'bel-&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural gla·bel·lae /-'bel-(")E, -"I/
: the smooth prominence between the eyebrows called also mesophryon —gla·bel·lar /-'bel-&r/ adjective
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Medical Dictionary

glabella gla·bel·la (glə-běl'ə)
n. pl. gla·bel·lae (-běl'ē)

  1. The smooth area between the eyebrows just above the nose.

  2. The most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline of the supraorbital ridges. Also called mesophryon.

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