cranial index

noun Craniometry.

cephalic index.

Origin of cranial index

First recorded in 1865–70

Words nearby cranial index

cranial arteritis, cranial bone, cranial cavity, cranial flexure, cranial fossa, cranial index, cranial nerve, cranial root, cranial suture, cranial vertebra, craniate

British Dictionary definitions for cranial index

cranial index

noun

the ratio of the greatest length to the greatest width of the cranium, multiplied by 100: used in comparative anthropology Compare cephalic index

Medical definitions for cranial index

cranial index

n.

The ratio of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of the skull, multiplied by 100.