MESOPHYRON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

glabella; mesophyron

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("mesophyron" is a kind of...):

craniometric point (a landmark on the skull from which craniometric measurements can be taken)

Holonyms ("mesophyron" is a part of...):

forehead; frontal bone; os frontale (the large cranial bone forming the front part of the cranium: includes the upper part of the orbits)

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