glabella

3 definitions found

glabella - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Glabella \Gla*bel"la\, n.; pl. Glabell[ae]. [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.
     [1913 Webster]

  Glabellum \Gla*bel"lum\, n.; pl. Glabella. [NL. See
     Glabella.] (Zool.)
     The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See
     Trilobite.
     [1913 Webster]

glabella - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  glabella
      n 1: 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 [syn: glabella, mesophyron]