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cranial index

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cranial index: see cephalic index cephalic index (səfăl`ĭk) [Gr. kephale=head], ratio of the breadth of the head to its length.
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cranial index [′krān·ē·əl ′in‚deks]
(anthropology)
The ratio of maximum skull height to maximum skull breadth multiplied by 100.


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