Glabella

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glabella
       n : 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: {mesophyron}]
       [also: {glabellae} (pl)]