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cephalometry

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ceph·a·lom·e·try  (sf-lm-tr)
n.
Scientific measurement of the head.
cepha·lo·metric (-l-mtrk) adj.
cephalometry [ˌsɛfəˈlɒmɪtrɪ]
n
1. (Medicine) measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
2. (Medicine) measurement of the dimensions of the fetal head by radiography or ultrasound
cephalometric  [ˌsɛfələʊˈmɛtrɪk] adj
cephalometry
the science of measuring the dimensions of the human head. — cephalometer, n. — cephalometric, cephalometrical, adj.
See also: Head
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Noun1.cephalometry - measurement of human heads
measurement, measuring, mensuration, measure - the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate"


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This includes history and examination, and various diagnostic techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging, diagnostic injections, electromyography, tomography, cephalometry, and measurement of jaw motion.
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Harris and his colleagues at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo used a laser beam to determine the orientation of the poorly preserved mummy's skull, and then they applied cephalometry, a precise X-ray technique that does not damage mummies.
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