MESOPHYRON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mesophyron mean? 

• MESOPHYRON (noun)
  The noun MESOPHYRON has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: MESOPHYRON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESOPHYRON (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

glabella; mesophyron

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)