cranial index

noun

: the ratio multiplied by 100 of the maximum breadth of the bare skull to its maximum length from front to back

Examples of cranial index in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Boas’s finding, which was that the cranial index of children born in America differed from that of children of the same background born in Europe, rocked the field. Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2019

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Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cranial index was in 1868

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“Cranial index.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cranial%20index. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Medical Definition

cranial index

noun
: the ratio multiplied by 100 of the maximum breadth of the bare skull to its maximum length from front to back compare cephalic index
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