philtrum

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Practically every beginning artist overextends the philtrum, thus placing the mouth too low.

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  1. A philter. Love itself is the most potent philtrum. Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 434.
  2. The groove running from the septum of the nose down the central line of the upper lip. It [Chimpanzee] has a widely grooved philtrum on the middle part of margin of lip. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1899, p. 310.

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