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What is a philtrum?

What is a philtrum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The shallow groove running down the center of the outer surface of the upper lip.
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A flat or smooth philtrum can present in persons with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders.
A 37-year-old woman presented for evaluation of a scar on her philtrum.
Monosomy 9p syndrome is a well delineated chromosomal syndrome with cardinal features including psychomotor retardation, trigonocephaly, flat nasal bridge, long philtrum, and a short, broad and webbed neck.
Nothing makes a man more adorable than a well-shaped philtrum.
Note the fierce black eyebrows, the massive forehead, the blunt nose, above all the smooth, sculpted shingle between nose and upper lip, with the vertical groove anatomy texts call the philtrum.
A midline groove called the philtrum divides the rhinarium into two, each half containing a nostril.

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