philtrum

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The shallow vertical groove running from the nasal septum to the center of the upper lip.

   “Oral intercommissural distance (mouth width) and philtrum length are useful measurements for diagnosis of wide or large mouth (macrostomia), small mouth (microstomia), long philtrum and short philtrum and form ‘good handles’ in syndromic delineation.”

2. isim The junction between the two halves of an animal's upper lip or nose.