OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26937

philtrum

/ˈfɪl.tɹəm/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
surco nasolabial
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 philtru…
Upper lip reconstruction is more difficult than lower lip reconstruction because the upper lip has a central structure, the philtrum.[…]Wounds adjacent to the philtrum that are clo…
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