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noun
The point in the brow just above the optic foramen, or eyesocket, and glabella.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
the craniometric point in the midline of the forehead immediately above the orbits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: craniometric point
History
From Ancient Greek ὀφρύς (ophrús, “brow”) + -(i)on.
