单词 | cranioscopy |
释义 | > as lemmascranioscopy cranioscopy n. Brit. /ˌkreɪnɪˈɒskəpi/ , U.S. /ˌkreɪniˈɑskəpi/ [ < Greek -σκοπία, < -σκοπος that views] examination of the size and configuration of the skull; formerly applied to what is now commonly called phrenology n.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > faculty psychology > psychological study of the skull > [noun] cranioscopy1804 craniology1806 craniognosy1810 craniognomy1813 organology1814 phrenology1815 zoonomy1815 bumpology1822 turnipology1824 organoscopy1864 1804 Edinb. Rev. 3 415 Uroscopy has..given way to cranioscopy. 1865 D. Masson Recent Brit. Philos. iii. 191 Gall, whose system of Cranioscopy, publishing itself under the name of Phrenology [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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