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glabella

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ɡləˈbɛlə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The space between the eyebrows and above the nose.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mesophyron

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: craniometric point

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَقْطَب (maqṭab) — anatomy: space
  • Arabic: بُلْجَة (bulja) — anatomy: space
  • Catalan: glabel·la — anatomy: space
  • Catalan: entrecella — anatomy: space
  • Chinese Mandarin: 闕中 /阙中 (quēzhōng) — anatomy: space
  • Czech: mračivka — anatomy: space
  • Czech: rozbrví — anatomy: space
  • Czech: lysina — anatomy: space
  • Esperanto: interbrovo — anatomy: space
  • Esperanto: glabelo — anatomy: space
  • Finnish: otsakolmio — anatomy: space
  • French: glabelle — anatomy: space
  • German: Glabella — anatomy: space
  • Greek: μεσόφρυος (mesófryos) — anatomy: space
  • Greek: σταυρός (stavrós) — anatomy: space
  • Portuguese: glabela — anatomy: space
  • Portuguese: intercílio — anatomy: space
  • Portuguese: mesófrio — anatomy: space
  • Russian: надперено́сье (nadperenósʹje) — anatomy: space
  • Russian: глабе́лла (glabélla) — anatomy: space
  • Spanish: entrecejo — anatomy: space
  • Spanish: glabela — anatomy: space
  • Copala Triqui: rcutze̱ rihaan — anatomy: space
  • Vietnamese: ấn đường — anatomy: space
  • Welsh: talcen — anatomy: space
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