organoscopy

English

Etymology

From 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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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