Definition of Phrenology

1. Noun. A now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different faculties.

Generic synonyms: Craniology
Derivative terms: Phrenological, Phrenologist

Definition of Phrenology

1. n. The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain.

Definition of Phrenology

1. Noun. (medicine biology) The science, now generally discredited, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull. ¹

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Definition of Phrenology

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Medical Definition of Phrenology

1. 1. The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain. 2. In popular usage, the physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology. Gall marked out on his model of the head the places of twenty-six organs, as round inclosures with vacant interspaces. Spurzheim and Combe divided the whole scalp into oblong and conterminous patches. Origin: Gr, the mind: cf. F. Phrenologie. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phrenology

phrenocolic
phrenocolopexy
phrenogastric
phrenogastric ligament
phrenograph
phrenographs
phrenohepatic
phrenologer
phrenologers
phrenologic
phrenological
phrenologically
phrenologies
phrenologist
phrenologists
phrenology (current term)
phrenomagnetic
phrenomagnetism
phrenopericardial angle
phrenoplegia
phrenoptosia
phrenosin
phrenosinic acid
phrenospasm
phrenosplenic ligament
phrenotropic
phrensied
phrensies
phrensy
phrensying

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