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Definition of Cephalometry

1. Noun. Measurement of human heads.

Definition of Cephalometry

1. n. The measurement of the heads of living persons.

Definition of Cephalometry

1. Noun. The measurement of the skull, especially in order to study its growth and development ¹

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Definition of Cephalometry

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Medical Definition of Cephalometry

1. Scientific measurement of the dimensions of the head. In dentistry, certain combinations of measurements developed from tracing the oriented lateral and frontal radiographic head film are used to assess craniofacial growth and development and to determine the nature of the orthodontic treatment response. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalometry

Literary usage of Cephalometry

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"In children the size of the fontanelles should be ascertained. (6) Measurements of the Head (cephalometry) For clinical purposes, measurements are made ..."

2. Guide To Clinical Preventive Services by U. S. Preventive Services Task Force (1989)
"Campbell S, Kurjak A. Comparison between urinary oestrogen assay and serial ultrasonic cephalometry in assessment of fetal growth retardation. ..."

3. The Practice of Obstetrics: Designed for the Use of Students and by James Clifton Edgar (1916)
"FERRET'S METHOD OF cephalometry AND INSTRUMENT. (7 cm. ... For the practice of external cephalometry, orthe measurement of the occipito-frontal diameter of ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1901)
"... and by M. Manouvrier, on anthropological cephalometry. A good and varied programme ! Both volumes contain, besides these original articles, ..."

5. The Development of Intelligence in Children: (the Binet-Simon Scale) by Alfred Binet (1916)
"We shall not discuss his opinion regarding cephalometry, since the facts that we have above presented are of a nature to show ..."

6. Guide to Clinical Preventive Services: Report of the U. S. Preventive by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"Diagnosis of the small-for-dates fetus by serial ultrasonic cephalometry. Lancet 1971:2:1002-1006. 31. ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"... there is some truth in graphology, cephalometry (phrenology) and chiromancy." " The most dangerous foe to experiment is suggestion, ' the cholera of ..."

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