"cranial index" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cranial indices [plural], cranial indexes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|cranial indices|cranial indexes}} cranial index (plural cranial indices or cranial indexes)
  1. (medicine, anthropology) A measure of the elongation or flatness of a head or skull: the maximum breadth of the skull divided by its maximum length, multiplied by 100. Categories (topical): Anthropology, Medicine Related terms: cranial ratio (english: expressed as a fraction or percentage), cephalic index (english: a distinction is sometimes made that the cephalic index applies to living heads and the cranial index to bones, but this is not consistently observed), ratio (english: a distinction is sometimes made that the cephalic index applies to living heads and the cranial index to bones, but this is not consistently observed)
    Sense id: en-cranial_index-en-noun-Td6w6~C7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, medicine, sciences

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