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cra•ni•os•co•py
(krā′nē os′kə pē),USA pronunciation n.
cra•ni•o•scop•i•cal
(krā′nē ə skop′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj.
cra′ni•os′co•pist, n.
- Medicine, Physical Anthropologyobservation, examination, and description of the human skull.
- 1795–1805; cranio- + -scopy