glabella

[ gluh-bel-uh ]

noun

, Anatomy.

, plural gla·bel·lae [gl, uh, -, bel, -ee].

1. the flat area of bone between the eyebrows, used as a craniometric point.

glabella

/ ɡləˈbɛlə /

noun

1. anatomy a smooth elevation of the frontal bone just above the bridge of the nose: a reference point in physical anthropology or craniometry

Derived Forms

• glaˈbellar, adjective

Other Words From

• gla·bellar adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of glabella¹

C19: New Latin, from Latin glabellus smooth, from glaber bald, smooth

Example Sentences

A streak of thinner hair parts upward closer to the glabella.

From Washington Times

And when I did, the sharp edge of the pachyderm's trunk sliced right into my glabella.

From Literature

Drawing in the forehead in two lines from the frontal eminences to the glabella, where there is a strong outward drawing as if by a magnet.

From Project Gutenberg

The superciliary prominences are well, but not excessively, developed, and are separated by a median depression in the region of the glabella.

From Project Gutenberg

I murmur: "My glabella ..." But the staff doesn't know that the glabella is the name of the space between your eyebrows.

From Literature