Physiognomy (thing)

1. An anatomy term referring to a person's general physical appearance and shape, particularly the person's face.
   
   
2. A psychology term for a subfield which studied how one can tell the personality traits and attitudes of a person based on the shape of the person's head, face and other physical traits. (This is not a modern area of study).

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.