phrenology

== English == === Etymology === From phreno- + -logy. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /frənˈɑlədʒi/ Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi === Noun === phrenology (countable and uncountable, plural phrenologies) (medicine, biology, historical) The pseudoscience 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. ==== Usage notes ==== Not to be confused with phenology. ==== Synonyms ==== cranioscopy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== cephalomancy have one's head read physiognomy === Further reading === phrenology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === nephrology