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physiognomy

[fiz″e-og´no-me]

1. facial expression and appearance as a means of diagnosis.

2. the attempt to determine temperament and character on the basis of facial features.

phys·i·og·no·my

(fiz'ē-og'nō-mē),

1. The physical appearance of one's face, countenance, or habitus, especially regarded as an indication of character.

2. Estimation of one's character and mental qualities by a study of the face and other external bodily features.

[physio- + G. gnōmōn, a judge]

physiognomy

(fĭz′ē-ŏg′nə-mē, -ŏn′ə-mē)

n. pl. physiogno·mies

Facial features.

phys′i·og·nom′ic (-ŏg-nŏm′ĭk, -ə-nŏm′ĭk), phys′i·og·nom′i·cal (-ĭ-kəl) adj.

phys′i·og·nom′i·cal·ly adv.

phys′i·og′no·mist n.

History of psychiatry The formal study of the human face; for a brief period after C Lombroso’s publication of L’Uomo Delinquente (1876), certain facial and other physical features were used to classify criminals—e.g., small restless eyes were thought to be typical of thieves, or bright eyes and cracked voices of sex criminals
Quackery A pseudodiagnostic technique based on the belief that personality and emotions can be deciphered by evaluating facial features or lines on the body

phys·i·og·no·my

(fiz'ē-og'nŏ-mē)

1. The physical appearance of one's face, countenance, or habitus, especially regarded as an indication of character.

2. Estimation of one's character and mental qualities by a study of the face and other external bodily features.

[physio- + G. gnōmōn, a judge]

phys·i·og·no·my

(fiz'ē-og'nǒ-mē)

Physical appearance of one's face, countenance, or habitus, especially regarded as an indication of character.

[physio- + G. gnōmōn, a judge]

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