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Definition of Craniometry
1. Noun. The branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts.
Definition of Craniometry
1. n. The art or act of measuring skulls.
Definition of Craniometry
1. Noun. The practice of taking measurements of the skull. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Craniometry
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Medical Definition of Craniometry
1. The scientific measurement of the dimensions of the bones of the skull and face. It applies to measurement of the dead skull as opposed to cephalometry, measurements performed on the living skull. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Craniometry
Literary usage of Craniometry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"... although its powers and the results of its life are so very different.
______ On a Method of craniometry, with Observations on the Varieties ..."
2. A German-English dictionary of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"... arthrotomy of knee Goniometer, m. an instrument for measuring angles in
craniometry, &c. ... craniometry ..."
3. Lectures on Man: His Place in Creation, and in the History of the Earth by James Hunt, Karl Christoph Vogt (1864)
"Mixed Types.—Average Man and Skull.—Use of the French Metrical System.—Scherzer
and Schwarz's System of Measurement.—craniometry.—Fixed Points in the Skull. ..."
4. Report of the Annual Meeting (1862)
"... although its powers and the results of its life are so very different.
______ On a Method of craniometry, with Observations on the Varieties ..."
5. A German-English dictionary of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"... arthrotomy of knee Goniometer, m. an instrument for measuring angles in
craniometry, &c. ... craniometry ..."
6. Lectures on Man: His Place in Creation, and in the History of the Earth by James Hunt, Karl Christoph Vogt (1864)
"Mixed Types.—Average Man and Skull.—Use of the French Metrical System.—Scherzer
and Schwarz's System of Measurement.—craniometry.—Fixed Points in the Skull. ..."
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