Word of the Day – Philtrum

Philtrum (noun)

fil-trum

The vertical groove that runs down the median line from below the nose to the top lip. Or the junction between the two halves of an animal’s nose.

From the Greek philtron ‘love potion’ (no, we don’t know either)

Example sentences

“The split was so bad it had severed his philtrum, his face will be scarred.”