Part 2543

<hw>Cra"ni*al</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?-a]/>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the cranium.</def>

<h1>Cranioclasm</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra"ni*o*clasm</hw> <tt>(kr?"n?-?-kl?z'm)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cranium</ets> + Gr. <?/<?/<?/ to break.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Cranioclast</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra"ni*o*clast</hw> <tt>(-kl?st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.</def>

<h1>Craniofacial</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra`ni*o*fa"cial</hw> <tt>(-f?"sh<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; <as>as, the <ex>craniofacial</ex> angle</as>.</def>

<h1>Craniognomy</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra`ni*og"no*my</hw> <tt>(-?g"n?-m?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cranium</ets> + Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/, <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/. to know.]</ety> <def>The science of the form and characteristics of the skull.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Craniological</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra`ni*o*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(-?-l?j"?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to craniology.</def>

<h1>Craniologist</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra`ni*ol"o*gist</hw> <tt>(-?l"?-j?st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.</def>

<h1>Craniology</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra`ni*ol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(-j?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cranium</ets> + <ets>-logy</ets>.]</ety> <def>The department of science (as of ethnology or arch\'91ology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.</def>

<h1>Craniometer</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra`ni*om"e*ter</hw> <tt>(kr?`n?-?m"?-t?r)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cranium</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.</def>

<h1>Craniometric --mtrk, Craniometrical</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw><hw>Cra`ni*o*met"ric</hw> <tt>(-?-m?t"r?k)</tt>, <hw>Cra`ni*o*met"ric*al</hw> <tt>(-r?-k<it>a</it>l)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to craniometry.</def>

<h1>Craniometry</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra`ni*om"e*try</hw> <tt>(kr?`n?-?m"?-tr?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or act of measuring skulls.</def>

<h1>Cranioscopist</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra`ni*os"co*pist</hw> <tt>(kr?`n?-?s"k?-p?st)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy.</def>

<blockquote>It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the <b>cranioscopists</b>. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cranioscopy</h1> <Xpage=339>

<hw>Cra`ni*os"co*py</hw> <tt>(-p?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cranium</ets> + <ets>-scopy</ets>.]</ety> <def>Scientific examination of the cranium.</def>

<h1>Craniota</h1> <Xpage=339>