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cra·ni·om·e·try

(krā′nē-ŏm′ĭ-trē)

Measurement of the skull to determine its characteristics as related to sex, race, or body type.

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craniometry

(ˌkreɪnɪˈɒmɪtrɪ)

(Physiology) the study and measurement of skulls

craniometric, ˌcranioˈmetrical adj

ˌcranioˈmetrically adv

ˌcraniˈometrist n

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cra•ni•om•e•try

(ˌkreɪ niˈɒm ɪ tri)

n.

the science of measuring skulls, chiefly to determine their characteristic relationship to sex, body type, or genetic population.

[1860–65]

cra`ni•o•met′ric (-əˈmɛ trɪk) cra`ni•o•met′ri•cal, adj.

cra`ni•o•met′ri•cal•ly, adv.

craniometry

the science of measuring skulls. — craniometrist, n. — craniometric, craniometrical, adj.

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craniometry - the branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts

physical anthropology - the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings

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The 'scientific racism' of the nineteenth century produced several offshoots of what Harvard biologist Stephen Jay Gould terms 'the mis-measure of man'; Craniometry, craniology, phrenology--the measure of human skulls in an attempt to scientifically determine or prove the racial superiority of the Caucasian group over non-White population groups.

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