I. -|taktik adjective
Etymology: from New Latin stereotaxis, after such pairs as New Latin hypotaxis : English hypotactic
: of, relating to, or involving stereotaxis
• stereo·tac·ti·cal·ly -tə̇k(ə)lē adverb
II. adjective
: 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 (as computed tomography) in order to reach a specific locus in the body (as a tumor in the brain or breast)
a stereotactic biopsy
• stereotactically adverb