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CRANIOMETRY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
The branch of physical anthropology dealing with the study and measurement of dry skulls after removal of its soft parts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("craniometry" is a kind of...):
physical anthropology (the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings)
Derivation:
craniometric; craniometrical (of or relating to craniometry)