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stereotaxis Biol.|stɛriːəʊ-, stɪəriːəʊˈtæksɪs| [f. stereo- + taxis.] †1. Biol. = thigmotaxis. Obs. rare.
1897C. B. Davenport Exper. Morphol. I. iv. 105 (heading) Effect of molar agents in determining the direction of locomotion—thigmotaxis (stereotaxis) and rheotaxis. 1902Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XLVI. 175 The passage of the spermatozoa through the gelatinous coat..is more or less in a radial direction as regards the egg... The phenomenon is possibly due to stereotaxis, but a purely mechanical explanation seems to the author more probable. 2. Biol. and Med. Also ˈstereotaxy. Stereotaxic surgery.
1959Schaltenbrand & Bailey (title) Einführung in die stereotaktischen Operationen. Introduction to stereotaxis. 1959L. V. Amador et al. in Ibid. I. 5/2 Most of the childrens [sic] brains were discarded because at the present stage stereotaxy will most likely be applied to adults only. 1974C. B. T. Adams in R. M. Kirk et al. Surgery xiv. 284 This may be done by ‘bimedial leucotomy’ cutting the white matter under direct vision from above or by undercutting the orbital part of the frontal cortex from below (by open operation or by stereotaxis). 1974Lancet 13 July 106/1 (heading) Stereotaxy for obesity. |