Cephalometry

/ˌsɛf.əˈlɑm.ə.tri/ noun

The scientific measurement and analysis of head and skull dimensions, proportions, and characteristics.

From Greek kephalē (head) + -metria (measurement, measuring). Established as a formal discipline in the 19th-20th centuries as anthropology and orthodontics professionalized.

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