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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The examination of the configuration of the skull; phrenology.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Scientific examination of the cranium.

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  • noun rare The study of the shape, size, and other features of the human skull.
  • noun dated Phrenology.

Etymologies

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cranio- + -scopy

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