Crossword-Solution: PHILTRUM
We have 3 clues for the answer “PHILTRUM”
| Clue | Answers |
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| That indentation in your upper lip | 1 answer |
| Upper-lip groove | 1 answer |
| Indent | 56 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
ZEEMCA
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with PHILTRUM (4)
The poor Clara, indeed, showed unwillingness to permit this, but she ran down with it, and secretly, without being seen by any of the other women, poured in a philtrum that had been given her by the gipsy hag, and then went back again for a moment.
Consequently it is only the extremity of this philtrum which needs preparation, and this is effected by cutting it into a 𝖵-shape, the raw margins thus exposed being carefully implanted between the edges of the lateral flaps at the upper part (Fig.
The apex of the philtrum thus forms the central part of the united lip; hence there must not only be a tendency to depression of the point of the nose, but also great probability of a decided notch subsequently manifesting itself in the median line, when cicatrisation is complete.
The tip of the nose tends to become drawn down and depressed, especially when in double harelip the philtrum is poorly developed, or when a mistaken attempt is made to incorporate it between the segments of the lip.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, WSJ.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1998–2008).