Philtrum

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

The philtrum (Latin: philtrum; from Ancient Greek φίλτρον (phíltron) 'love charm') or medial cleft is a vertical indentation in the middle area of the upper lip, common to therian mammals, extending in humans from the nasal septum to the tubercle of the upper lip.

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