adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ ster- ē - ə - ' tak-tik, ˌ stir-
Function: adjective
Date: 1950
: involving, being, utilizing, or used in a surgical technique for precisely directing the tip of a delicate instrument (as a needle) or beam of radiation in three planes using coordinates provided by medical imaging in order to reach a specific locus in the body
– ste · reo · tac · ti · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb