"cephalometer" meaning in All languages combined

See cephalometer on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cephalometers [plural]
Etymology: From cephalo- + -meter. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|cephalo-|-meter}} cephalo- + -meter Head templates: {{en-noun}} cephalometer (plural cephalometers)
  1. An instrument for measuring the head. Categories (topical): Measuring instruments
    Sense id: en-cephalometer-en-noun-VnoBE5rQ Disambiguation of Measuring instruments: 74 26
  2. A device for positioning the head, and holding it steady, for an X-ray or surgery; a cephalostat.
    Sense id: en-cephalometer-en-noun-~UIuumv2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with cephalo-, English terms suffixed with -meter Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cephalo-: 26 74 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -meter: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cephalometry

Inflected forms

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