stereotaxisn.
Biology.† 1. Biology. = thigmotaxis n. Obsolete. rare.
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stereotaxis1897
stereotropism1900
thigmotaxis1900
thigmotropism1900
1897 C. B. Davenport Exper. Morphol. I. iv. 105 (heading) Effect of molar agents in determining the direction of locomotion—thigmotaxis (stereotaxis) and rheotaxis.
1902 Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. 46 175 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. Biology and Medicine.
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1959 Schaltenbrand & Bailey (title) Einführung in die stereotaktischen Operationen. Introduction to stereotaxis.
1974 C. 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).
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ˈstereotaxy n. Stereotaxic surgery.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > operations on specific parts or conditions > [noun] > operations on the brain
decerebration1900
hypophysectomy1909
lobectomy1911
pinealectomy1915
lobotomy1936
leucotomy1937
tractotomy1938
thalamotomy1948
topectomy1948
gyrectomy1949
hemispherectomy1950
stereotaxy1959
lobotomization1974
1959 L. V. Amador et al. in Schaltenbrand & Bailey Introd. to Stereotaxis 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.
1974 Lancet 13 July 106/1 (heading) Stereotaxy for obesity.
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