organoscopy

English

Etymology

organo- +‎ -scopy

Noun

organoscopy (uncountable)

  1. phrenology
    • 1858, William Fleming, The Vocabulary of Philosophy:
      It is further maintained, that the figure and extent of these parts of the brain can be discerned externally. This is organoscopy.

References

organoscopy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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