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(Created page with "<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p>The <b>philtrum</b> is the midline groove of the upper lip which is located between the nose and the top of the lip. It is also a <a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Local_term" title="Local term">local term</a> for the <a href="/index.php?title=Medusa_Piercing" title="Medusa Piercing">Medusa piercing</a>. </p><p>What's interesting is that this is one of the few cases (others include...")
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Revision as of 01:34, 21 May 2023

The philtrum is the midline groove of the upper lip which is located between the nose and the top of the lip. It is also a local term for the Medusa piercing.

What's interesting is that this is one of the few cases (others include the daith and rook) where a decorative name has trumped a proper anatomical name.

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