phre·nol·o·gy (fr -n l  -j )n. The study of the shape and protuberances of the skull, based on the now discredited belief that they reveal character and mental capacity. |
phrenology
Etymology: Gk, phren, mind
the study of the conformation of the skull based on the assumption that mental faculties are localized in particular sites on the surface of the brain. According to phrenologists, intelligence or other faculties of a person may be mirrored through elevations in the skull overlying the particular area of the brain.
Phrenology
A medical ‘discipline’ popular in the 18th to 19th century, which was based on the now-quaint belief that there was a relationship between the structure of the skull and mental traits
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