Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument used to position the head for measurement and radiographic examination.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument formerly used for measuring the fetal head during parturition.
- noun An instrument for measuring the various angles of the skull; a craniometer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An instrument for
measuring thehead - noun A device for
positioning the head, and holding it steady, for anX-ray orsurgery ; a cephalostat
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Examples
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He wore a hat measuring six and seven eighths on the cephalometer used by hatters, which is equivalent to twenty-one inches and a quarter of circumference.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Holmes, Oliver W 1891
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_cephalometer_ used by hatters, which is equivalent to twenty-one inches and a quarter of circumference.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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