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Webster 1913 Edition

Craniology

Craˊni-ol′o-gy

(-j?)
,
Noun.
[
Cranium
+
-logy
.]
The department of science (as of ethnology or archæology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.

Webster 1828 Edition

Craniology

CRANIOLOGY

,
Noun.
[Gr., the skull, and discourse.] A discourse or treatise on the cranium or skull; or the science which investigates the structure and uses of the skulls in various animals, particularly in relation to their specific character and intellectual powers.

Definition 2024

craniology

craniology

English

Noun

craniology ‎(usually uncountable, plural craniologies)

  1. The study of the physical characteristics of the human skull.

Translations

Etymology

cranio- +‎ -logy

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