Phrenology

Origin

From - + logy + -.

Full definition of phrenology

Noun

1. (medicine, biology) The science, now generally discredited, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.Phrenology involves feeling the bumps in the skull to determine an individual's psychological attributes.

Synonyms

• cranioscopy

Related terms

• phrenologist, phrenological
• psychognomy

Anagrams

• nephrology