Defn: The department of science (as of ethnology or archæology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.
CRANIOMETER
Cra`ni*om"e*ter (kr`n-m"-tr), n. Etym: [Cranium + -meter.]
Defn: An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.
CRANIOMETRIC; CRANIOMETRICAL
Cra`ni*o*met"ric (—mt"rk), Cra`ni*o*met"ric*al (-r-kal), a.
Defn: Pertaining to craniometry.
CRANIOMETRY
Cra`ni*om"e*try (kr`n-m"-tr), n.
Defn: The art or act of measuring skulls.
CRANIOSCOPIST
Cra`ni*os"co*pist (kr`n-s"k-pst), n.
Defn: One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy. It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists. Coleridge.
CRANIOSCOPY
Cra`ni*os"co*py (-p), n. Etym: [Cranium + -scopy.]