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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Cranial physiognomy; the doctrine or practice of considering the form and other characteristics of the skull as indicating the disposition or temperament of the individual: a modification of phrenology.

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

  • noun rare The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.

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  • noun dated The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.

Etymologies

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cranium + Ancient Greek to know. Compare physiognomy.

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