glabella

glabella
glabella "space between the eyebrows," 1590s, Modern Latin, properly fem. of adj. glabellus "without hair, smooth," dim. of glaber "smooth, bald," from PIE *gladh- "smooth" (see GLAD (Cf. glad)).

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  • 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] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Glabella — (neulat.), Stirnglatze, die haarlose Stelle zwischen den Augenbrauen …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • GLABELLA — (от лат. glaber плешивый), надпереносье,треугольного очертания,обыкновенно несколько углубленная площадка над корнем носа между надбровными дугами (arcus superciliares); покрывающая ее кожа лишена волос, откуда и название. Служит в кефало и… …   Большая медицинская энциклопедия

  • glabella — [glə bel′ə] n. pl. glabellae [glə bel′ē, glə bel′ī΄] [ModL < L, fem. of glabellus, without hair < glaber: see GLABROUS] smooth prominence on the forehead between the eyebrows and just above the nose glabellar adj …   English World dictionary

  • Glabella — Die Glabella am Schädel des Menschen liegt oberhalb der Augen Die Glabella (lat. glabellus, Diminutiv von glaber „glatt“, „haarlos“) ist die bei den meisten Menschen haarlose Hautregion zwischen den Augenbrauen sowie die unterhalb dieser Stelle… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Glabella — Infobox Bone Name = Glabella Latin = GraySubject = 33 GrayPage = 135 Caption = Frontal bone. Outer surface. (Glabella visible near bottom of bone.) Caption2 = Side view of head, showing surface relations of bones. (Glabella labeled at center left …   Wikipedia

  • Glabella — Glabellum Gla*bel lum, n.; pl. {Glabella}. [NL. See {Glabella}.] (Zo[ o]l.) The median, convex lobe of the head of a trilobite. See {Trilobite}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Glabella — Gla|bel|la die; , ...llen <aus nlat. glabella »unbehaarte Stelle« zu lat. glaber »glatt, unbehaart«>: 1. als ↑anthropologischer Messpunkt geltende unbehaarte Stelle zwischen den Augenbrauen. 2. Kopfmittelstück der ↑Trilobiten …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Glabella tyermani — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gast …   Wikipedia

  • Glabella lucani — Apertural (right) and abapertural (left) views of a shell of G. lucani Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

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