craniometry

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌkreɪnɪˈɒmɪtrɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(krā′nē om′i trē)


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cra•ni•om•e•try  (krā′nē om′i trē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Medicine, Physical Anthropologythe science of measuring skulls, chiefly to determine their characteristic relationship to sex, body type, or genetic population.
  • 1860–65; cranio- + -metry
cra•ni•o•met•ric  (krā′nē ə me′trik),USA pronunciation cra′ni•o•met′ri•cal, adj.  cra′ni•o•met′ri•cal•ly, adv. 
cra′ni•om′e•trist, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
craniometry / ˌkreɪnɪˈɒmɪtrɪ/
  1. the study and measurement of skulls
craniometric / ˌkreɪnɪəˈmɛtrɪk/, ˌcranioˈmetricalˌcranioˈmetricallyˌcraniˈometrist
'craniometry' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
craniom. - glabella

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