n. [ Cranium + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to break. ] (Med.) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cranium + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. to know. ] The science of the form and characteristics of the skull. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to craniology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cranium + -logy. ] The department of science (as of ethnology or archæology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cranium + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the size of skulls. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to craniometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or act of measuring skulls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cranium + -scopy. ] Scientific examination of the cranium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. cranium. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those that have a skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cranium + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to cut off. ] (Med.) The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]