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glabella
[ gluh-bel-uh ]
noun
, Anatomy.
, plural gla·bel·lae [gl, uh, -, bel, -ee].
- the flat area of bone between the eyebrows, used as a craniometric point.
glabella
/ ɡləˈbɛlə /
noun
- anatomy a smooth elevation of the frontal bone just above the bridge of the nose: a reference point in physical anthropology or craniometry
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Derived Forms
- glaˈbellar, adjective
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Other Words From
- gla·bellar adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glabella1
First recorded in 1820–25; from New Latin, either feminine singular or neuter plural of Latin glabellus “smooth, hairless,” equivalent to glaber “without hair, smooth” + -lus, -la, -lum diminutive adjective and noun suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of glabella1
C19: New Latin, from Latin glabellus smooth, from glaber bald, smooth
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Example Sentences
Among the specimens of Woodsia glabella brought away were a few which I judged to belong to a different species.
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Although the two common species of Woodsia were near at hand, Woodsia glabella was still eluding my search.
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McCoy observed in several trilobites a pair of pores situated in the dorsal furrows near the anterior end of the glabella.
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At the left of the glabella there are two large exopodites, the anterior of which lies over and partially conceals the other.
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The neck furrow is narrow and sharply impressed, continuing across the glabella with a slightly backward curvature.
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