glabella

English

Etymology

From Latin glaber (“smooth, hairless, bald”).

Noun

glabella (plural glabellas or glabellae)

1. (anatomy) The space between the eyebrows and above the nose.
2. (zoology) The axial protuberance on the cephalon of certain arthropods (especially trilobites).

Synonyms

• (human anatomy): mesophryon

Derived terms

• glabellar

Related terms

• glabellum

Translations

anatomy: space

• Catalan: glabel·la (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 闕中, 阙中 (quēzhōng)

• Finnish: otsakolmio (fi)
• French: glabelle (fr) f
• Greek: μεσόφρυος m (mesófryos), σταυρός (el) m (stavrós) (colloquial)
• Portuguese: glabela f, intercílio m, mesófrio m
• Russian: надперено́сье (ru) n (nadperenósʹje), глабе́лла (ru) f (glabélla)
• Spanish: entrecejo (es) m, glabela f

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡlaˈbɛl.la/
• Rhymes: -ɛlla
• Hyphenation: gla‧bèl‧la

Noun

glabella f (plural glabelle)

1. (anatomy) glabella