craniometry

English

Etymology

From cranio- +‎ -metry.

Noun

craniometry (usually uncountable, plural craniometries)

1. (especially physical anthropology, medicine) The practice of taking measurements of the skull.

   Hypernyms: cephalometry; < anthropometry

   Coordinate terms: cephalopelvimetry, pelvimetry

Derived terms

• craniometric
• craniometrical

 

Related terms

• craniometer

 

Translations

measurement of the skull

• French: craniométrie (fr)
• Portuguese: craniometria f