Definition of cephalometry in English:
cephalometry
nounˌsɛfəˈlɒmɪtriˌkɛfəˈlɒmɪtriˌsefəˈlämətrē
mass nounMedicine Measurement and study of the proportions of the head and face, especially during development and growth.
Example sentencesExamples
- Our objective was to determine whether baseline polysomnography, cephalometry, and anthropometry data could predict uvulopalatopharyngoplasty success or failure.
- Compared with 24 healthy subjects, the patients had receded mandibles, long lower faces, and downward development of the mandible on lateral cephalometry.
- Clinical predictors, cephalometry, and computerized tomography have been used with varying results.
Derivatives
adjective
Medicine One method of evaluating patients with sleep apnea is cephalometric analysis.
Example sentencesExamples
- Comparison of means for the 12 cephalometric variables between the snoring and nonsnoring subjects are presented in Table 1.
- Errors in landmark identification were estimated by examining duplicate tracings of 12 of the cephalometric radiographs.
- The cephalometric radiographs of the study subjects were traced by a single investigator, and 1 angular measurement and 11 linear measurements of hard and soft tissues were recorded.
- Statistically, women and men do not differ significantly with regard to cephalometric measurements.