Body Location or Region
forehead
fore·head [ fawr-id, for- | fawr-hed, for- ]
Subclass of:
Face
Definitions related to forehead:
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Subdivision of frontal part of head bounded by anterior hairline and the eyebrows.Foundational Model of AnatomyUniversity of Washington, 2017
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The part of the face above the eyes.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The part of the face between the eyebrows and the normal hairline.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The forehead constitutes the upper third of the face. It is delineated superiorly by the hairline and inferiorly by the glabella and frontonasal groove (centrally) and the eyebrows overlying the supraorbital ridges (laterally.WebMD, 2019
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