STEREOTACTIC


Meaning of STEREOTACTIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌster-ē-ə-ˈtak-tik, ˌstir- ]

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-)lē adverb

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