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Descriptor English: Phrenology
Descriptor Spanish: Frenología
Descriptor frenología
Scope note: Estudio de la conformación craneal como indicativa de las facultades mentales y los rasgos caracterológicos, especialmente de acuerdo con las hipótesis de F.J. Gall (1758-1828). (Traducción libre del original: Webster 3d ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Frenologia
Descriptor French: Phrénologie
Tree number(s): K01.400.799
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010792
Scope note: The study of the conformation of the skull as indicative of mental faculties and traits of character, especially according to the hypothesis of F. J. Gall (1758-1828). (Webster 3d ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: HI history
IS instrumentation
Entry Version: PHRENOL
DeCS ID: 10990
Unique ID: D010792
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2006/07/05
Phrenology - Preferred
Concept UI M0016765
Scope note The study of the conformation of the skull as indicative of mental faculties and traits of character, especially according to the hypothesis of F. J. Gall (1758-1828). (Webster 3d ed)
Preferred term Phrenology



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