procerus
Meanings
noun
- A roughly triangular facial muscle that arises from the fascia of the nasal bone and a cartilage in the side of the nose and inserts into the skin between the eyebrows, drawing down the medial part of the eyebrow and the skin of the forehead.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōcērus (“high, tall, long”), clipping of mūsculus prōcērus (“tall muscle”).
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