Glabella Definition

glə-bĕlə
glabellae
noun
Smooth prominence on the forehead between the eyebrows and just above the nose.
Webster's New World

(zoology) The axial protuberance on the cephalon of certain arthropods (especially trilobites)

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • mesophyron

Other Word Forms of Glabella

Noun

Singular:
glabella
Plural:
glabellae, glabellas

Origin of Glabella

  • New Latin from feminine of Latin glabellus hairless diminutive of glaber

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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