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craniometries

craniometries is the plural of craniometry.

Meaning of craniometry

Noun

craniometry (usually uncountable, plural craniometries)

  1. (especially, physical, usually) The practice of taking measurements of the skull.
    • But regardless of what they made of phrenology, those who saw craniometry as a means of measuring the relative weight of intelligence and emotion in psychological makeup were generally sceptical as to whether, as Blumenbach and Camper believed, humanity had branched from one ancestral pair into...2020 October 5, Paul Turnbull, “Thinking About Craniometry- The Racial Turn”, in Paul Turnbull

Questions about craniometries

What is craniometries the plural of?
Craniometries is the plural of craniometry.

Words near craniometries in the dictionary

  1. craniometers
  2. craniometric
  3. craniometrical
  4. craniometrically
  5. craniometrics
  6. craniometries
  7. craniometrist
  8. craniometrists
  9. craniometry
  10. cranioneuropathy
  11. craniooccipital

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