Cephalograph

/ˈsɛf.ə.loʊ.ɡræf/ noun

An instrument that takes X-ray images of the head, or the photograph itself produced by such an instrument.

From Greek kephalē (head) + -graph (instrument that writes or records). Developed in early radiography as practitioners created specialized machines to standardize head X-rays for medical comparison.

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