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/kray'nee ol"euh jee/, n.the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.[1800-10; CRANIO- + -LOGY]
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Craniology — Cra ni*ol o*gy ( j?), n. [Cranium + logy.] The department of science (as of ethnology or arch[ae]ology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
craniology — [krā΄nē äl′ə jē] n. the scientific study of skulls, esp. human skulls, and their characteristics, including differences in size, shape, etc … English World dictionary
craniology — noun Etymology: probably from German Kraniologie, from kranio crani + logie logy Date: 1851 a science dealing with variations in size, shape, and proportions of skulls among human races … New Collegiate Dictionary
craniology — noun The study of the physical characteristics of the human skull … Wiktionary
Craniology — The study of variations in size, shape, and proportion of the skull (cranium). Also known as phrenology, it was a pseudoscience of the 18th and 19th centuries based on the belief that a person s character could be learned by looking with care at… … Medical dictionary
craniology — Synonyms and related words: anatomy, anthropography, anthropologist, anthropology, anthropometry, behavioral science, craniometry, demography, ethnography, ethnologist, ethnology, human ecology, human geography, metoposcopy, phrenologist,… … Moby Thesaurus
craniology — study of the skull Sciences and Studies … Phrontistery dictionary
craniology — cra·ni·ol·o·gy || ‚kreɪnɪ É’lÉ™dʒɪ n. study of the characteristics of the skull (size, shape, etc.) … English contemporary dictionary
craniology — [ˌkreɪnɪ ɒlədʒi] noun historical the scientific study of the shape and size of the human skull. Derivatives craniological adjective craniologist noun … English new terms dictionary
craniology — n. Craniognomy, phrenology … New dictionary of synonyms
