What does phrenologist mean?
Phrenologist means An adherent or practitioner of phrenology..
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An adherent or practitioner of phrenology..
The phrenologist, who regulates heart and mind by undulations of the skull, has another system.
One significance weakness of phrenology in the eyes of most anatomists, as Anne Harrington has shown, was that the brain comprised two structurally identical cerebral hemispheres, separated by a longitudinal fissure, whereas phrenologists held that the material sub-stratum of various mental faculties was located in only one hemisphere, and not its twin.
During a skull reading, a phrenologist would measure and carefully feel a person’s head.
Use phrenologist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Phrenologist means An adherent or practitioner of phrenology..
Common synonyms include cranioscopist, craniologist.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The phrenologist, who regulates heart and mind by undulations of the skull, has another system.
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