Craniometry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Craniometry \Cra`ni*om"e*try\ (kr?`n?-?m"?-tr?), n.
     The art or act of measuring skulls.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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