Definition of "cranioscopy" [cra•ni•os•co•py]

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

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• "Following the old route of exploration by cranioscopy, I sought to supply these defects."
• "To those who fall far short of that development, it gives the means of a definite measurement of the defect, and shows by cranioscopy and psychometry what is to be done in self-culture, as clearly as we learn in the gymnasium what muscles need greater development."
• "The first question that occurs to the enlightened enquirer, when he learns that the functions of the brain have been positively determined by experiment, is whether the cranioscopy of Gall and Spurzheim was successful in locating the cerebral functions, and how nearly their inferences from development correspond with the revelations of experiment."