phre·nol·o·gy (fr -n l  -j )n. The study of the shape and protuberances of the skull, based on the now discredited belief that they reveal character and mental capacity. phren  o·logic (fr n-ljk, frn-), phreno·logi·cal (--kl) adj.phre·nol o·gist n. |
phrenology [frɪˈnɒlədʒɪ]
n
(Medicine) (formerly) the branch of science concerned with localization of function in the human brain, esp determination of the strength of the faculties by the shape and size of the skull overlying the parts of the brain thought to be responsible for them
phrenological [ˌfrɛnəˈlɒdʒɪkəl] adj
phrenologist n
| phrenology (fr-nl-j) The study of the shape of the skull as a means of determining character and intelligence. Phrenology has been disproven as a science. |
phrenology
a system by which an analysis of character and of the development of faculties is attempted by studying the shape and protuberances of the skull. — phrenologist, n. — phrenologic, phrenological, adj.
See also: Head
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| Noun | 1. |  phrenology - a now abandoned study of the shape of skull as indicative of the strengths of different facultiescraniology - the scientific study of the skulls of various human races |
Translations
phrenology
n → Phrenologie f
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